Category Archives: State News
Peters announces annual motorcycle tour across Michigan
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) announced on Monday, August 22, that he will be launching his annual motorcycle tour across Michigan starting next week. The Senator will...
Aug 22, 2022
Wendy's pulls lettuce after 15 from Michigan became ill from E. coli
DUBLIN, OH (WKZO AM/FM) - Wendy's is recalling romaine lettuce from a number of its locations following an E. coli outbreak. Friday the CDC said an outbreak that has seen nearly 40 people get sick and...
Aug 22, 2022 Wendy's in Kalamazoo (Photo by John McNeil)
Board of state canvassers certifies primary elections
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Michigan's bipartisan Board of State Canvassers on Friday, August 19 unanimously voted to certify the August primary elections. The bipartisan boards of county canvassers i...
Aug 21, 2022 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Legal abortion access to remain in Michigan for now following Friday ruling
OAKLAND COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Access to legal abortion in Michigan will remain in place for now. This follows the ruling that came from Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Jacob Cunningham on Frid...
Aug 19, 2022 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Ascension Michigan names new president of its Southwest Region
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Ascension Michigan announced on Thursday, August 18, Thomas Rohs, MD, as it's new regional president and chief executive officer of Ascension Michigan's Southwest Region,...
Aug 18, 2022
State to remember birthday of late Kalamazoo State Representative today
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Flags in the state Capitol complex will fly at half-staff today to honor the birthday of late State Representative Mary Brown. The Kalamazoo Democrat served from 1976 to 199...
Aug 18, 2022 The late State Representative Mary Brown of Kalamazoo, MI (courtesy of Michigan Women Forward)
Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes receives $1.1 million gift from philanthropist
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes announced on Tuesday, August 16, that they had received a gift of $1.1 million from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. Offi...
Aug 17, 2022
Michigan unemployment rate edges down in July
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Michigan's seasonally adjusted jobless rate decreased by one-tenth of a percentage point in July to 4.2 percent, according to data released on Wednesday, August 17, by the ...
Aug 17, 2022
Bell's Brewery to support clean water and water habitat protection projects through beer sales
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bell's Brewery will invest $480,000 in nonprofits, programs and organizations that are dedicated to supporting clean water and water habitat protection. The Comsto...
Aug 17, 2022 Bell's Brewery logo. (Image courtesy of Bell's Brewery).
Whitmer calls for school supplies sales tax suspension, Republicans call it election-year pandering
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is proposing suspending the sales tax on school supplies. Whitmer says families need help getting ready for the upcoming school year. The p...
Aug 17, 2022 misskprimary / CC
