Category Archives: State News
GRPD releases video of officer-involved shooting
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Grand Rapids police have released video of the officer-involved shooting of a man who threw a Molotov cocktail at a police cruiser and stabbed a K-9. Interim Police Chi...
Jun 04, 2026 Photo from the Grand Rapids Police Department's Facebook page.
Three cities, including Albion, getting MEDC money for new homes
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three cities in Calhoun, Lapeer, and Monroe counties will share nearly $6.82-million in grant money and tax breaks from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation for new...
Jun 04, 2026 Michigan Economic Development Corporation logo (courtesy MEDC)
Governor Whitmer to sign executive order in Kalamazoo re-establishing Gun Violence Prevention Task Force
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer will sign an executive order this afternoon in Kalamazoo re-establishing the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. The order will also lay out an a...
Jun 04, 2026
U.S. Senate candidates join striking UAW members in Three Rivers
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate in Michigan joined striking United Auto Workers union members on the picket line in Three Rivers yesterday. Congresswoman ...
Jun 03, 2026
Permanent free school meals bills moving in state Senate
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bills that would make free school meals in Michigan permanent are moving in the state Senate. The Senate Education Committee unanimously approved the bills yesterday to crea...
Jun 03, 2026
Former Presidents Clinton and Bush to appear in Grand Rapids tonight
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) Former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush are scheduled to take the stage together in Grand Rapids tonight for a rare, joint speaking engagement that has draw...
Jun 02, 2026
Fifth Third, Comerica to close 75 branches in Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The merger of Fifth Third Bank and Comerica Bank will result in 75 branches in Michigan closing this summer. 55 are former Comerica Bank branches and 20 are Fifth Third lo...
Jun 02, 2026
Rx Kids expands in Jackson, Kalamazoo, Muskegon counties
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Rx Kids is now available to more communities in Jackson, Kalamazoo, and Muskegon counties. The program gives pregnant women $1,500 and then $500 a month for up to the firs...
Jun 02, 2026
Michigan's average gas price drops 27¢
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Drivers in Michigan are paying 27 less per gallon to fill their tanks than last week. Triple-A Michigan says the statewide average is now at $4.38 a gallon, 20 less than la...
Jun 01, 2026
Board of State Canvassers removes two from gubernatorial primary ballot
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Southwest Michigan pastor Ralph Rebandt will not be on the Republican primary ballot in August in the race for governor, and neither will Kim Thomas. The two were rejected b...
May 29, 2026
