Category Archives: State News
Portage man the lucky winner of $1 million Powerball prize
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Portage man has won a $1 million Powerball prize from the Michigan Lottery. 49-year-old John Carlson matched the five white balls in the April 15 drawing to win the big pr...
May 02, 2023 Henita May / CC
State Reps. calling for removal of Rep. Jim Haadsma of Battle Creek from House Labor Committee
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Republicans held a press conference on Tuesday, May 2 calling on House Speaker Joe Tate to remove Democrat Representative Jim Haadsma of Battle Creek from his...
May 02, 2023 Rep. Jim Haadsma, Battle Creek.
MDHHS announces updates to COVID-19 vaccines
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has amended emergency use authorizations to recommend bivalent Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines be used for all doses adm...
May 01, 2023 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Arrest made in 1988 St. Joseph County cold case murder investigation
CENTREVILLE, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - St. Joseph County Prosecutor David Marvin announced on Monday that a suspect has been charged in connection with a cold case murder investigation that goes back to Decemb...
May 01, 2023 Alan Cleaver / CC
AUDIO: WMU to allow alcohol sales at Waldo Stadium beginning in fall
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University will begin alcohol sales at Waldo Stadium on game days this fall for the first time. The WMU Board approved the request Thursday from Athletic ...
Apr 28, 2023 (Photo courtesy of WMU)
Rep. Julie Rogers, DIFS Director, health care advocates discuss impacts on ACA protections for Michiganders in Braidwood decision
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - On Tuesday, April 25, State Representative Julie Rogers, D-Kalamazoo, Anita Fox, Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) director, and Nicole Wells St...
Apr 25, 2023
Five injured as car hits Amish buggy, driver says at first he didn't know what he had hit
CALIFORNIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Michigan State Police say the driver of a car that struck an Amish buggy in Branch County's California Township early Saturday morning didn't see the buggy before the ...
Apr 24, 2023 An Amish buggy destroyed in a crash in Branch County's California Township April 22, 2023 (courtesy Michigan State Police)
DIFS says consumers should have medical coverage in the event of auto accident
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) is urging consumers who opted out of or excluded themselves or a family member from Personal Injury Protec...
Apr 23, 2023
Nominations sought for 2023 Governor's Service Awards
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Community Service Commission are encouraging Michiganders to nominate individuals, businesses and organizations that have made a d...
Apr 20, 2023
MDOT roadside parks to reopen April 28
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) say its roadside parks will reopen for the season Friday, April 28. MDOT maintains 85 roadside parks around t...
Apr 20, 2023 Michigan's first roadside park and picnic tables was established in 1918 on a 320-acre tract of roadside virgin timber along US-2 four miles east of Iron River in Bates Township, Iron County, Michigan. All 85 parks are set to reopen on Friday, April 28. (Photo from travelthemitten.com)
