Category Archives: State News
Six distinctive places in Southwest Michigan listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2022
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Twenty-two historic Michigan properties were given special recognition in 2022 through their listing in the National Register of Historic Places, the Michigan Economic De...
Feb 22, 2023 The Upjohn Building in Kalamazoo is one of the six Historic Places in Southwest Michigan that have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022. The Kalamazoo area may be known for its modern Pfizer pharmaceutical plants today, but it all started with physician W. E. Upjohn in 1885. The Upjohn Pill and Granule Company’s new “friable” pills were an immediate success and the company boomed. By the 1930s, the company employed 1,200 people and was a leader in pharmacology research and development. The 1935-built Office Building was designed by nationally acclaimed architect Albert Kahn during a period of dramatic growth in the company. Primary business, research, and investment decisions were made and carried out in the offices and general spaces of this building. Designed in a restrained Art Moderne motif, the Upjohn Company Office Building is one of the few remaining, largely intact examples of Kahn’s work in Kalamazoo, and an important example of Kahn’s approach to large corporate office buildings in the 1930s.
Peters, Stabenow announce nearly $8 million in grants for gun violence prevention and crisis intervention programs in MI
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI) and Debbie Stabenow (MI) on Tuesday, February 21 announced $7,945,884 in federal funding for the state of Michigan to help combat gun vi...
Feb 21, 2023
Consumers Energy Crews prepare for hazardous winter weather
JACKSON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Consumers Energy crews are preparing for a large winter storm that is expected to hit the lower peninsula with snow, freezing rain, and strong wind gusts starting Wednesday...
Feb 21, 2023
Kalamazoo set to host USA Curling Mixed Doubles Nationals
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The city of Kalamazoo is getting set to welcome the 2023 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship from Tuesday, February 28 through Sunday March 5 at the Wings Eve...
Feb 21, 2023
Seven year anniversary of deadly Kalamazoo Uber shootings remembered Monday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- As students, friends and families are still coming to terms with last week's mass shooting at Michigan State University, the Kalamazoo community is remembering a tragic e...
Feb 20, 2023 Jason Dalton mugshot - Kalamazoo mass shooting in 2016
State releases latest preliminary report on "big stink" on Kalamazoo's northeast side
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- State Environmental Officials have released their latest air samples taken around Kalamazoo's Wastewater Treatment Plant, in the ongoing effort to tackle the "big stink",...
Feb 20, 2023 Aerial Photos of the test sites (Courtesy EGLE)
Kristina Karamo chosen as the next leader of MI GOP
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Secretary of State candidate Kristina Karamo, who was defeated by current Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson in the 2022 Election, was chosen by fellow Republicans on Saturd...
Feb 19, 2023 Secretary of State candidate Kristina Karamo is set to be the next leader of the Michigan GOP.
DIFS recovers record $26 million for Michigan consumers
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) announcing on Friday, February 17 that the department helped recover more than $26 million for Michigan c...
Feb 17, 2023 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
Michigan Senate to introduces 11 basic gun safety bills following MSU shooting
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Monday, February 13 mass shooting near Michigan State University's campus has prompted the Michigan Senate to introduce 11 bills related to basic gun access and safety ...
Feb 17, 2023 Robert Nelson / CC
Findings from review of Ottawa County Board of Commissioners released by AG Nessel
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued a letter to the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners on Thursday, February 16 detailing the department's findings after complet...
Feb 16, 2023 Mich. Attorney General's office files domestic terrorism charges against Fruitport man (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
