Category Archives: State News
26,000 take part in this year's Mackinac Bridge Walk
ST. IGNACE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - This year's Mackinac Bridge Walk brought 26,000 people to the bridge yesterday. Mackinac Bridge Authority Bridge Director Kim Nowack says it was a perfect day for the wal...
Sep 06, 2022
Gas prices remain steady this week in Michigan
DETRBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are at the same price as a week ago. AAA Michigan says the average price remains $3.83 a gallon, down 25 cents since last month and 62 cents higher t...
Sep 06, 2022 A Shell gas pump in Coldwater M (Midwest Communications Inc 2020)
AAA activates 'Tow to Go' for Labor Day holiday weekend
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- AAA is working to keep impaired drivers off the road in Michigan for the Labor Day weekend. The Auto Club Group is reactivating it's 'Tow to Go' program for the holiday pe...
Sep 02, 2022 The Tow to Go program is set for the holiday weekend. (image courtesy AAA Michigan)
Annual Mackinac Bridge Walk is this Monday
ST. IGNACE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The 2022 Mackinac Bridge Walk is this Monday, Labor Day, and Mackinac Bridge Authority officials say final preparations are under way. "Whether you plan to cross the Mack...
Sep 02, 2022 (courtesy of Mackinac Bridge Authority)
MDOT lifts traffic restrictions to ease Labor Day holiday weekend travel
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Transportation is removing lane restrictions on nearly 60 percent of it's road and bridge projects statewide to ease traffic delays for holiday t...
Sep 01, 2022
National Preparedness Month ideal time to review insurance policies
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- September is National Preparedness Month, and the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) is providing tips to help Michiganders prepare for, and rec...
Sep 01, 2022 Pictures of Money / CC
World War II soldier from Grand Rapids accounted for 77 years later
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A U.S. Army soldier from West Michigan who was killed during World War II has been found and accounted for. According to the U.S. Department of Defense POW/MIA Account...
Sep 01, 2022 U.S. Army Soldier Donald Hofman. (Photo from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency)
AAA Survey: Drivers admit to speeding and cell phone use in school zones
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- As millions of students and teachers return to school, the roads have gotten far more crowded. AAA citing that this time of year is particularly dangerous due to the combi...
Aug 31, 2022 Bill McChesney / CC
WMU-Cooley Innocence Project to host exoneree panel discussion
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Western Michigan Cooley Law School is set to feature it's WMU-Cooley Innocence Project panel discussion that will feature exonerees who will share their stories of wrongful...
Aug 31, 2022 Ken Nixon after being released from the Michigan Reformatory in Ionia, Michigan February 18, 2021(courtesy of the Western Michigan University Cooley Law School)
Amtrak pausing two train routes through Michigan due to staffing and supply issues
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Amtrak is temporarily canceling its Wolverine Service Trains 350 and 355 from Chicago to Pontiac until September 15. Spokesman Marc Magliari says its due to not having eno...
Aug 31, 2022 Biker loads his bike onto the Amtrak train. (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
