Category Archives: State News
Ohio woman charged with threatening state representatives
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- An Ohio woman is facing prison time related to allegations she left threatening and racist voicemails for Michigan State Representatives Cynthia Johnson and Sarah Anthony. ...
Mar 15, 2022 Michigan Attorney General logo (courtesy of Michigan Attorney General)
Secretary Benson releasing video series highlighting election transparency
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of State on Monday, March 14, released a video that explains why results of major elections in Michigan often aren't available right after polls clo...
Mar 14, 2022 MWC RADIO
Kalamazoo RESA one of three recipients to receive $900,000 of $2.7 million award to expand STEM school programs
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced on Monday, March 14, that Kalamazoo RESA, Grand Valley State University along with Washtenaw ISD will each be receiving about $900,000, ...
Mar 14, 2022 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
Multiple-vehicle accident snarls Saturday traffic in Allegan County
PLAINWELL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Allegan County authorities are continuing to investigate a multi-vehicle accident that occurred on northbound US-131 north of Kalamazoo on Saturday, March 12. The acciden...
Mar 13, 2022
MDOT and MFF remind drivers to be alert as clocks "spring forward" on Sunday
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- As clocks "spring forward" to daylight saving time at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 13, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Michigan Fitness Foundation (MFF)...
Mar 11, 2022 Clock. (Photo by John McNeil)
MDHHS updates isolation & quarantine guidance based on low COVID-19 numbers
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Based on current conditions and low numbers of new COVID-19 cases, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is updating its COVID-19 Isolation & Qua...
Mar 11, 2022
Michigan unemployment rate edges down in January 2022
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- While everything seems to be going up in Michigan as well as the rest of the country, there is some good news. State unemployment is trending downward. Michigan's seasonall...
Mar 10, 2022
State plan giving motorists a 27-cent per gallon break at the gas pump adopted by the Michigan House
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan House on Wednesday, March 9, approved a cost-saving plan for motorists that would suspend payment of the state's 27-cent per gallon gas and diesel fuel tax for...
Mar 09, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
State to pull pension funds from companies based in Russia and Belarus
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The State of Michigan Investment Board voted unanimously today to divest the State of Michigan Retirement Systems (SMRS) pension plans from companies based in Russia and Bel...
Mar 09, 2022 Michigan Department of Treasury logo
Whitmer and fellow governors call on Congress to suspend federal gas tax
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- In response to rising gas prices from Russia's attack on Ukraine, Governor Gretchen Whitmer along with the governors from Colorado, Minnisota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and ...
Mar 08, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
