Category Archives: State News
ECHL, players reach tentative deal to end strike; unclear when play will resume
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One day after ECHL players initiated a midseason strike against teams, including the Kalamazoo Wings, the league and the Professional Hockey Players' Association agreed on...
Dec 28, 2025
Michigan hires Utah coach Kyle Whittingham to replace Sherrone Moore
Michigan officially hired Utah coach Kyle Whittingham on Friday to guide its recent national-championship-winning program out of a period marked by scandal. Whittingham signed a five-year contract cov...
Dec 26, 2025
Detroit Lions eliminated from playoff contention
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (WKZO AM/FM) - The Detroit Lions will not make the playoffs this season. They lost to the Minnesota Vikings on Christmas, 23-10, at US Bank Stadium. Quarterback Jared Goff threw two in...
Dec 26, 2025 Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff (courtesy of NFL/Detroit Lions)
$1-million Powerball ticket sold in Howell
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Lottery says a Powerball ticket that is now worth one-million-dollars was sold at a Kroger store in Howell. Wednesday's Powerball jackpot of $1.82-billion was w...
Dec 26, 2025 Henita May / CC
Governor Whitmer signs 20 Senate bills, 16 House bills
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Whitmer has signed another 36 bills into law this week, bringing the total public acts enacted in 2025 to 74. Twenty were Senate bills, and 16 were House bills. Tha...
Dec 24, 2025
Powerball jackpot grows to a staggering $1.7-billion
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The multistate Powerball jackpot is now up to $1.7-billion. If you're wondering, that looks like $1,700,000,000. No one matched all the numbers in last night's drawing with ...
Dec 23, 2025 Henita May / CC
Secretary of State releases top license plates for 2025
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Most Michigan drivers have the white Pure Michigan license plate on their vehicles in 2025. The Secretary of State's office says over 70% of vehicles have the white plate wi...
Dec 23, 2025
Edmund Fitzgerald life ring sells at auction for $150,000
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The life ring from the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald and a wooden plank from one of the ship's lifeboats has sold at an auction in Detroit for $150,000. The orange life ring was fo...
Dec 23, 2025 Edmund Fitzgerald in 1971 - via Wikipedia
Powerball jackpot up to $1.6 billion tonight
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The jackpot in the multistate Powerball game is up to $1.6-billion after no tickets matched all the numbers Saturday. Tonight's prize is the fourth-largest Powerball jackpot...
Dec 22, 2025 Henita May / CC
Average Michigan gas price down 12¢ in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The average price for a gallon of gas in Michigan is now at $2.73, a drop of 12 in the past week. Triple-A Michigan says the price is 43 less than last month and down 38 in...
Dec 22, 2025
