Category Archives: State News
Gas prices jump 27 cents on average in Michigan, now $4.23 per gallon
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The average price for a gallon of gasoline has surged 27 cents over the past week in the state. AAA Michigan says the statewide average is now $4.23, which is eleven cents ...
Nov 07, 2022 A Shell gas pump in Coldwater M (Midwest Communications Inc 2020)
Consumers Energy urging residents to be safe following Saturday's damaging wind storm
JACKSON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- As crews continue working to restore public safety and electric service to customers, Consumers Energy is reminding all Michiganders to focus on staying safe following dama...
Nov 06, 2022 Consumers Energy crews. (courtesy of Consumers Energy)
$1 million winning Powerball ticket bought in Detroit; Powerball jackpot climbs to $1.9 billion
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- No one matched all six numbers to win Saturday night's Powerball jackpot, but one Michigan Lottery player is $1 million richer after the drawing. The player matched the fiv...
Nov 06, 2022 Henita May / CC
Powerball jackpot reaches record territory
UNDATED (WKZO-AM/FM) - Tonight's Powerball jackpot is the biggest ever in lottery history. The grand prize is now worth $1.6 billion, which is a world record lottery jackpot. The lump-sum cash value o...
Nov 05, 2022 Henita May / CC
Home Heating Credit checks coming this month
LANSING, MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - More than 200,000 Michigan households are getting help paying their home heating bills. Checks are going out this month to families who received Home Heating Credits in 2021...
Nov 05, 2022 Erik Mclean / Unsplash
Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday morning; clocks go back one hour
SAN ANTONIO, TX (WKZO-AM/FM) - Daylight Saving Time comes to an end Sunday. In fall, clocks across the U.S. "fall back," meaning they get turned back one hour. Not everyone's happy about changing thei...
Nov 05, 2022 Sonja Langford / Unsplash
Friday is the last day on the job for MSU president Stanley
EAST LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State University President Samuel Stanley is leaving his post earlier that previously announced. Stanley announced last month that he was resigning because he ...
Nov 03, 2022
Website launched to help high school students apply for the Michigan Achievement Scholarship
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Those set to graduate high school in 2023 now have a new resource on hand to help lower the cost of college. Prospective students can now apply for the Michigan Achievement...
Nov 02, 2022 Kalamazoo Valley Community College sign (photo courtesy of Kalamazoo Valley Community College)
City of Benton Harbor lead service line replacement effort reaching completion
BENTON HARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The city of Benton Harbor's accelerated campaign to replace aging lead water services lines is nearing completion. Governor Gretchen Whitmer along with state official...
Nov 02, 2022 Gov. Whitmer visits the first lead service line replacement construction site in Benton Harbor. Nearly all of the lead pipes in Benton Harbor have been replaced as of Nov. 2,2022, according to Michigan officials.
$500,000 from Consumers Energy Foundation for basic needs assistance to Food Bank Council of Michigan & Michigan Association of United Ways
JACKSON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Consumers Energy Foundation announced on Wednesday, November 2, $500,000 in grant funding to help two statewide organizations, the Food Bank Council of Michigan and the...
Nov 02, 2022
