Category Archives: State News
U.S. Senator Gary Peters Memorial Day message
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and former Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve, today released a video in hono...
May 27, 2022
Senate supports gas tax suspension to lower costs for Michigan drivers
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Senate on Thursday, May 26, approved legislation aimed at lowering the cost of gas for Michigan drivers. The plan would eliminate the sales, excise and use tax...
May 26, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Michigan regional labor markets remain stable in April
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget released the figures on Thursday, May 26. Data indicated that not seasonally adjusted jobless rates fell in 13 ...
May 26, 2022 (Photo courtesy of City of Kalamazoo Facebook page).
State Board of Canvassers keeps Craig, Johnson, and three other GOP gubernational candidates off the August ballot
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig, who has led in most primary polls, and businessman Perry Johnson, along with three other lesser-known candidates for the GOP nominat...
May 26, 2022 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Upton visits Abbott Nutrition Facility in Sturgis
STURGIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Representative Fred Upton of St. Joseph, on Wednesday, May 25, released the following statement after visiting the Abbott Nutrition infant formula facility in Sturgis ...
May 25, 2022
MDOT to lift traffic restrictions to ease Memorial Day travel
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- This Memorial Day weekend, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is removing lane restrictions on more than 63 percent of its road and bridge projects statewide ...
May 25, 2022 Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) logo. (Photo courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation).
Gov. Whitmer orders flags lowered to honor victims of Robb Elementary School mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday, May 24th ordered U.S. and Michigan flags within the State Capitol Complex and upon all public buildings and grounds across the State o...
May 25, 2022 Trump White House Archived
Upton issues statement on Uvalde school shooting
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Representative Fred Upton of St. Joseph released the following statement on Wednesday, May 25, after a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that reportedly left at le...
May 25, 2022
Sturgis Abbott Nutrition plant to begin producing baby formula again next week
STURGIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Abbott Nutrition is restarting work at the Sturgis, Michigan plant central to the nationwide baby formula recall next month. The company says work will resume June 4, with n...
May 25, 2022 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration
GOP gubernatorial candidate a casualty of alleged petition fraud
LANSING, MI (WKZO-AM/FM, May 24) - One candidate has stepped down and two front runners for the GOP gubernatorial nomination could be in line for disqualification from the August 2nd Republican Primar...
May 24, 2022 Michigan State Police Captain and former GOP gubernatorial candidate Michael Brown (photo courtesy Michael Brown for Governor)
