Category Archives: State News
UIA warning of text message phishing scam
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) says those that have filed for unemployment benefits who receive a text message claiming to be from the agency need to igno...
Jul 12, 2022 Image provided by the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency.
17-year-old boy dies after being shot near Arbor Pointe Townhomes, BCPD investigating
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 17-year-old who just graduated from high school last month is dead following a shooting in Battle Creek late Monday night. Battle Creek Police are investigating the fa...
Jul 12, 2022 Christopher Mark Williams (courtesy of Battle Creek Police Department)
Chase with speeds up to 110 mph ends with crash, arrests in Portage Monday evening
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - What started out an an apparent robbery at the Walmart in Paw Paw ended in a crash and the apprehension of five juveniles in Portage Monday evening. Around 6:15 p.m. deputie...
Jul 12, 2022 Van Buren County Sheriff's Office cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)
Betty Ford annual presidential wreath laying ceremony to commemorate President Ford's 109th birthday
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- To commemorate President Gerald R. Ford's 109th birthday, members of the Ford family and the President Gerald R. Ford Historical Legacy Trust will conduct a wreath lay...
Jul 11, 2022
New poll: Tudor Dixon takes big lead in Republican primary race for governor
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With just over three weeks until the August 2 primary, the race for the Republican gubernatorial nomination has taken a turn in favor of commentator and former news personal...
Jul 11, 2022 GOP candidate for Governor (courtesy of tudordixon.com)
Stormwater runoff treatment system to benefit Asylum Lake thanks to state grant
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Asylum Lake, which is located in Western Michigan University's 274-acre Asylum Lake Preserve is set to get a boost in it's water quality. This is due in part to a recent ...
Jul 08, 2022 Image from Asylum Lake Preserve's Facebook page.
New name, same pest: Spongy Moth outbreaks in Michigan
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Last summer you may have seen trees covered in caterpillars, with their droppings falling from the canopy, and spongy brown egg masses on every surface This has been a comm...
Jul 08, 2022 Image Credit: Karla Salp, Washington State Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org
Governor hopeful Kelley pleads not guilty to charges from January 6 Capitol riot
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Republican candidate for Michigan Governor Ryan Kelley has pleaded not guilty for his actions during the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Kelley, who plead...
Jul 07, 2022 Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley (courtesy of ryandkelley.com)
Police believe blown tire to be main cause of deadly accident at Battle Creek's Field of Flight Air Show
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Battle Creek Police believe a blown tire to be the cause of the jet truck accident and death of 40-year-old Chris Darnell on Saturday, July 2, during the Field of Flig...
Jul 06, 2022
Broncos Kitchen Foundation withdraws LeVar Burton Library moniker
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- After coming under fire from actor and activist LaVar Burton, the Broncos Kitchen Foundation, a hunger relief charity that serves free dinners to those in need in Kalamaz...
Jul 06, 2022 A screenshot of actor LaVar Burton from the Broncos Kitchen Foundation LaVar Burton Library website
