Category Archives: State News
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)
AG Nessel aims to reduce Consumers Energy's rate increase request by 75%
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed testimony on Monday, April 17 before the Michigan Public Service Commission seeking a 75% reduction to Consumers Energy's request...
Apr 19, 2023
Fentanyl-laced cocaine behind Kalamazoo County drug overdose spike according to health officials
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Health officials have linked fentanyl-laced cocaine to the deadly overdose surge in Kalamazoo County between Wednesday, April 12 and Thursday, April 13. The Kalamazoo Coun...
Apr 19, 2023 Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services photo from department's Facebook page.
Three Rivers man arrested for making threats
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 51-year-old Three Rivers man has been arrested for allegedly telephoning in a threat that led to the closure of the Three Rivers Community Schools Monday. Michigan St...
Apr 18, 2023 Three Rivers Middle School, Three Rivers, MI
Year's first Adopt-A-Highway pickup starts Saturday
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Volunteers will fan out across lower Michigan this Saturday to give state highway roadsides their first cleaning as groups in the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT...
Apr 17, 2023 110TH AIRLIFT WING / CC
In the wake of drug related deaths and overdoses, Huizinga calls for more sanctions on companies he says are supporting drug trade
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - After more than a dozen overdoses and five deaths in a 24 hour span last week, 4th District Congressman Bill Huizenga has called on the Biden Administration to levy fur...
Apr 17, 2023 Michigan 4th District Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland)
Stabenow & Peters announce over $34 million in federal funding to spur economic growth in Michigan
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters of Michigan announced on Monday, April 17 more than $34 million in federal funding for the Great Lakes State. Officials sa...
Apr 17, 2023 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
Nonprofits give out free Narcan In Kalamazoo after series of overdoses
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Free Narcan kits have been handed out on the north side of the city of Kalamazoo after 18 people overdosed on fentanyl in 24 hours last week, with six of them losing their...
Apr 17, 2023 (courtesy HOPE thru Navigation)
State Expungement Town Hall Set for Apr. 28
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 17, 2023) - Those who want to know about how to get their record straight have an opportunity a week from Friday. Western Michigan University's Cooley Law School will hos...
Apr 17, 2023 An attendee at a expungement town hall (photo courtesy Western Michigan University-Cooley Law School)
House introduces bills to expand support for crime victims
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Representative Julie Rogers (D-Kalamazoo) worked with fellow lawmakers last week to introduce a bipartisan set of four bills in the House focused on protecting victims...
Apr 16, 2023 From left to right, Reps. Stephanie A. Young, Julie Rogers and Graham Filler hold copies of bills they've introduced to expand support for crime victims.
