Category Archives: State News
UPDATE: One ticket in Illinois matches all numbers for $1.28 billion Mega Millions jackpot
SPRINGFIELD, IL (WKZO-AM/FM) - The Illinois Lottery says a winning Mega Millions ticket worth over a billion dollars was sold in Illinois. The state lottery website says one ticket in Illinois matched...
Jul 30, 2022 Mega Millions logo. (Courtesy Mega Millions Consortium)
MDOT invites public comment on the draft Five-Year Transportation Program
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The State Transportation Commission approved posting the MDOT draft 2023-2027 Five-Year Transportation Program (5YTP) and interactive map to the MDOT website for public com...
Jul 29, 2022 Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) logo. (Photo courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation).
Upton issues statement on CHIPS and Science Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Representative Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, on Thursday, July 28, issued the following statement after voting for the CHIPS and Science Act, a bill that will boost j...
Jul 28, 2022 (Photo courtesy of fredupton.com)
Portage man to serve time in prison for his role in defrauding Amazon's Textbook Rental Program
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- 37-year-old Geoffrey Mark Hays Talsma was to 16 years' imprisonment for mail fraud and aggravated identity theft on Wednesday, July 27. The U.S. Attorney's Office Western...
Jul 27, 2022
Southwest MI to receive a portion of $321 million investment for 1,650 communities across Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced on Wednesday, July 27, that more than 1,650 communities in Michigan will receive more than $321 million to invest in infrastructure, gro...
Jul 27, 2022 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
Boy kidnapped by non-custodial parents in Allegan County found safe in Ohio
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A four-year-old Allegan County boy kidnapped by his non-custodial parents has been found safe in Ohio. The Allegan County Sheriff's Office office says Gordon Greene I...
Jul 27, 2022 Angela Etts and Gordon Greene Jr. (Courtesy of Allegan County Sheriff’s Office)
Dixon stops Rinke's momentum in the Republican race for Governor with a 6% lead
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- With a front organization for the Democratic Governors Association buying $1.6 million in television advertising between now and Election Day, Tudor Dixon continues her lea...
Jul 26, 2022 sugarfrizz / CC
AUDIO: Governor Whitmer signs executive order to combat gun violence during Kalamazoo visit
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer came to Kalamazoo on Tuesday, July 26, to sign an executive order to combat gun violence, and to hold a round table on the issue. The order will...
Jul 26, 2022 Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signs an executive order to combat gun violence and holds a round table discussion during her visit to Kalamazoo on Tuesday, July 26. (Photo from John McNeill)
Rescue crews recover Ohio man who drowned in Lake Michigan
MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Authorities have confirmed that recovery crews have found the body of an Ohio man in Lake Michigan in Muskegon County. Police have identified the victim as 19-year-...
Jul 25, 2022
Park Township Community Building destroyed by fire, Ottawa County Fair officials to make adjustments
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC AM/FM) - A lightening strike is the possible cause of a fire that destroyed the Park Township Community Building, with Ottawa County Fair officials saying the building is not safe to...
Jul 24, 2022 The Park Township Community Building, Holland, MI was destroyed by fire July 23, 2022 (photo credit: Brent Alan)
