Category Archives: State News
AAA - Gas prices holding steady into beginning of 2022
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are holding steady after weeks of decline, according to a report from AAA Monday. Michigan drivers are still paying an average of $3.10 per gallon fo...
Jan 03, 2022 Robert Geiger / CC
Health department is calling on schools to implement universal masking, postpone large gatherings
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As schools get set to reopen after the Christmas and New Years' break, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and Michigan Department of Education are sending ...
Dec 30, 2021 Bill McChesney / CC
Despite new CDC guidance, Michigan health department not changing its guidelines just yet
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The state of Michigan will not adopt the new isolation and quarantine guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Department of Health and Human Serv...
Dec 30, 2021
Upton and Huizenga will have to run against each other to remain in Congress
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -If they both decide to run, two Michigan congressman will be facing off against each other in the August 2022 Republican primary. The new U.S. House map drawn up by the Mic...
Dec 29, 2021 Former US House Rep. Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) in a file photo. (photo courtesy office of Congressman Fred Upton)
Hunting and fishing numbers remain high in Michigan for 2021
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Following last year's surge in Michigan hunting and fishing license sales, officials with the Michigan Wildlife Council say 2021 trends show interest in the time-honored out...
Dec 29, 2021 A chart showing the total number of hunters and anglers in Michigan 2016-2021 (courtesy of the Michigan Wildlife Council)
Gov. Whitmer signs bill re-establishing Michigan's first historically Black college
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Whitmer has signed House Bill 5447 and 5448 to facilitate the reopening of the Lewis College of Business as the Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design in Detr...
Dec 28, 2021 (Photo courtesy of the Executive Office of the Governor)
Jobless benefits recipients can receive 1099-G tax form electronically or by mail
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As tax season approaches, the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) is offering those who have received jobless benefits this year two ways to receive a copy of their...
Dec 28, 2021 GotCredit / CC
BBB of Western Michigan announces top scams in 2021
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tuesday, the Better Business Bureau Serving Western Michigan (BBB) released its list of the top scams affecting the region in 2021. According to the BBB, the top three ...
Dec 28, 2021 Rusty Clark ~ 100K Photos / CC
Gov. Whitmer signs bill to address substitute teacher shortage
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Monday, Governor Whitmer signed House Bill 4294 to address the substitute teacher shortage, which is meant to help keep schools open and students learning in person. House B...
Dec 28, 2021 Hartford High School. (Image via Google Maps).
Kellogg's workers head back to work today after new contract is settled
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's back to work as usual today at Kellogg's plants in four states. Members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers union last weekend ratified...
Dec 28, 2021 Kellogg's company logo
