Category Archives: State News
MSP release name of person killed in Friday Branch County crash
BETHEL TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB/WNWN) - The Michigan State Police have released the name of the person killed in a Branch County crash late Friday afternoon. Laurie Bradley of Bath was a passenger in a pick...
May 23, 2022 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Kalamazoo ranked as one of six Michigan cities as best places to live according to U.S. News & World Report
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The latest ranking of U.S. News and World Report's "150 best cities in America to live" has been released. Six cities from the Wolverine State made the list, with Kalamaz...
May 22, 2022
Entergy's Palisades team finishes strong as facility shuts down
COVERT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Control room operators at Entergy's Palisades Power Plant safely removed the nuclear reactor from service for the final time on Friday, May 20. The Covert plant was original...
May 22, 2022
Red Cross shelter open for Gaylord residents following tornado
GAYLORD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- American Red Cross volunteers opened a shelter Friday night, May 20, in the E-Free Church located at 1649 East M-32 in Gaylord following that afternoon's devastating tornad...
May 22, 2022
Governor Whitmer declares state of emergency following severe storms and tornado in Gaylord
GAYLORD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer declaring a state of emergency for Otsego County in Northern Michigan after a tornado ripped through the city of Gaylord on Friday, May 20, just b...
May 22, 2022
Murder suspect in custody, KDPS chief calls for an end to "senseless gun violence"
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A murder suspect is in custody, after Kalamazoo police say he shot and killed a woman in her home Friday, prompting an Amber Alert for his and the woman's 1-year-old child...
May 21, 2022 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Chief Vernon Coakley issuing a statement May 20, 2022 (courtesy of the City of Kalamazoo)
Tornado rips through Gaylord area causing heavy damage, injuries, and two deaths
GAYLORD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The National Weather Service describing what was a "large and extremely dangerous tornado" touched down up north in the Gaylord area on Friday, May 20, killing 2, and injur...
May 20, 2022
Gov. Whitmer statement on tornado, extreme weather in Northern Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued the following statement in response on Friday, May 20, to a tornado in the Gaylord area and extreme weather across Northern Michigan. "We a...
May 20, 2022
AUDIO: Governor Whitmer reacts to Republican tax cut proposal during Southwest MI visit
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer says she plans to torpedo the latest Republican tax cut plan for the same reason she vetoed the first one. The bill would return $2.5-billion in f...
May 20, 2022 Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was in Portage for the Grand Opening of the new Senior Center on Friday, May 20, and commented on the latest tax cut proposal from the Legislature. (Photo by John McNeill)
AUDIO: Portage's new Senior Center's ribbon cutting draws huge crowd to include Governor Whitmer
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- While Kalamazoo is focusing funding on the Community's Youth, Portage has just made a big investment in its elderly residents. Portage's brand new Senior Center is now open...
May 20, 2022 City, State and local dignitaries were on hand as they cut the ribbon on the new $11-million dollar Senior Center. (Photo by John McNeill)
