Category Archives: State News
Weekend weather causes multiple vehicle pileups on Michigan's expressways
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- While the snowfall total over the weekend wasn't huge, it was just enough to wreak havoc on the roadways across the region. In Ionia County, both sides of I-96 in Portlan...
Mar 19, 2023 Photo courtesy of Jessica Ponton, Communications Director, Vicksburg Community Schools.
McCann announces March 23 hearing on February's ice storm outages
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- State Senator Sean McCann of Kalamazoo announced on Monday, March 13 that the Senate Energy and Environment Committee will hold a hearing later this month on the storm-rela...
Mar 13, 2023 Michigan State Senator Sean McCann
Amber Alert system in Michigan turns 20 this year
LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The state's Amber Alert system has turned 20 years old, and officials say that, while fewer alerts are being issued, the system continues to be improved and upgraded. Michiga...
Mar 12, 2023 Michigan's Amber Alert system turns 20 in 2023 (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Alpena County Woman wins $6 million in Michigan Lottery's $6,000,000 Jackpot Instant Game
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- An Alpena County woman turned a $30 prize into a $6 million top prize playing the Michigan Lottery's $6,000,000 Jackpot instant game. The lucky player, who chose to remain ...
Mar 10, 2023 Photo provided by the Michigan Lottery.
MDOT and Michigan Fitness Foundation remind drivers to be alert as clocks 'spring forward' on Sunday
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- As clocks "spring forward" to daylight saving time at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 13, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and Michigan Fitness Foundation (MFF) rem...
Mar 10, 2023 Clock. (Photo by John McNeil)
Bronson Healthcare ranked 77th alongside international corporations for employee training & development
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Bronson Healthcare is the recent recipient of a prestigious Apex Award from Training Magazine. Training Apex Awards are a worldwide ranking of organizations that demonstr...
Mar 09, 2023 Pictured, L to R: Jackie Ries, organizational development & learning specialist, Richard Szwaja, organizational development & learning specialist, Beatrice Orns, nurse educator, Brett Pearce, organizational development & learning specialist, Mary Schabes, system director, Bronson Center for Learning, Trey Mitchell, manager, organizational development & learning, Cheryl Johnson, senior vice president & chief people officer, Bronson Healthcare. (Photo provided by Bronson Healthcare).
MPSC to hold series of town halls to address outages from recent winter storms
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Public Service Commission is set to host a series of public town hall meetings to hear from those impacted by power outages that left hundreds of thousands acr...
Mar 08, 2023 Jon Evans / CC
Ottawa County man facing domestic terrorism charges
LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Attorney General's office is filing charges against an Ottawa County man for domestic terrorism. 67 year old Daniel Callahan of Fruitport is facing two felony ch...
Mar 08, 2023 Mich. Attorney General's office files domestic terrorism charges against Fruitport man (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
Van Buren County traffic stop yields largest seizure of fentanyl in Michigan
PAW PAW TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- What started out as a routine traffic stop turned out to be the largest fentanyl seizures in Michigan. It happened on Tuesday, March 7 when troopers with the Michi...
Mar 08, 2023 photo courtesy of Michigan State Police.
Study says Michigan is underfunding road repairs by $3.9 billion per year
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new study finds the state of Michigan is underfunding roads by $3.9 billion a year and 45-percent of non-federal aid roads are in poor condition. Governor Whitmer says she...
Mar 08, 2023
