Category Archives: State News
Audit shows late Grand Haven school official embezzled nearly $1 million
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Grand Haven Area Public Schools assistant superintendent Brian Wheeler embezzled nearly $1 million from the district from 2014 to 2021. Wheeler died in the Ottawa...
Aug 17, 2022 Grand Haven Area Public Schools logo
Upton announces $1.5 million grant for Amtrak bridges between Kalamazoo and Dearborn
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, announced on Tuesday, August 16, a grant of $1,548,750 for preliminary engineering and preparation of National Environmental Policy...
Aug 16, 2022 (Photo courtesy of fredupton.com)
KDPS Chief Vernon Coakley placed on paid leave after allegations of harassment filed by city employees
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Chief Vernon Coakley has been placed on paid administrative leave by City Manager James Ritsema after allegations of harassment have r...
Aug 16, 2022 Former Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Police Chief Vernon Coakley. (Photo courtesy of KDPS).
Sergeant Ryan J. Proxmire remembered one year after dying in the line of duty
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The families of the late Sgt. Ryan J. Proxmire released a statement on Monday, August 15, in remembrance of his death on August 15, 2021. Proxmire, a father of four, was ...
Aug 15, 2022 Fallen Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Sgt. Ryan Proxmire
State average gas prices below $4.00 per gallon
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Average gas prices in Michigan are now below $4.00 a gallon. AAA reported that the price per gallon went down 9 cents from a week ago, which means that Michigan drivers are...
Aug 15, 2022
Lawyer files claim of juror misconduct in Michigan Governor kidnap trial
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A claim of juror misconduct in the second trial for two men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has surfaced. The attorney for alleged ring...
Aug 12, 2022 Brian Turner / CC
Police investigating possible other targets of the man who ran down and killed a woman in a Oshtemo Township parking lot
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man has been charged with open murder for running over and killing an elderly woman in the Walmart parking lot in Oshtemo Township early Tuesday afternoon. Kalamazoo Cou...
Aug 12, 2022 Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller at a press conference August 11, 2022 (courtesy of John McNeill)
Whitmer files new motion in fight against abortion ban
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has filed a new motion in Oakland County Circuit Court in her fight to keep the state's 1931 abortion ban from taking effect. Whitmer says...
Aug 11, 2022 (Photo courtesy of the Office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer).
Benson and Nessel raise millions for their reelection campaigns
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson are reporting record amounts of fundraising in their bids for a second term. Benson is reporting ...
Aug 11, 2022 (Photo courtesy of the Michigan Executive Office of the Governor)
Man drowns at Grand Haven State Park Sunday
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 21-year-old man's body has been recovered from Lake Michigan at Grand Haven State Park Sunday. He was swimming under a red flag situation and crews searched for two ho...
Aug 08, 2022 Grand Haven State Park (courtesy of Michigan.gov)
