Category Archives: State News
State of Michigan sets COVID-19 booster goal amid Omicron variant emergence
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Today, the State of Michigan announced a statewide goal to have 1 million more Michiganders, including 95% of eligible nursing home residents, receive the COVID-19 booster b...
Dec 21, 2021 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Former state employee sentenced for embezzlement
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A former employee of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) who previously pleaded guilty to embezzling will serve jail time and probation, M...
Dec 21, 2021 Joe Gratz
DIFS urges consumers to take precautions against catalytic converter theft
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With a rising number of catalytic converter thefts occurring across the country, Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) Director Anita Fox is encouraging Mich...
Dec 21, 2021 Seth Sawyers / CC
Union members ratify second tentative agreement to end 77-day strike against Kellogg's
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The 77-day union strike against Kellogg's is over. Members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers union ratified a second tentative contract tha...
Dec 21, 2021 Kellogg's company logo
Whitmer signs bills that extend county commissioner terms to four years
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed bills into law which will extend the terms of Michigan county commissioners from two years to four years. The change won't start until the Nov...
Dec 21, 2021 A screenshot of the online Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners meeting Nov. 16, 2021
Updated - Former lead FBI agent in Whitmer kidnap plot pleads no contest to assault charges
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - UPDATE - Richard Trask has pleaded no contest in this case, according to an update from MLive Monday. As part of a plea deal, a felony charge of assault to commit great bo...
Dec 20, 2021 Best Law
Michigan Licensed Beverage Association applauds bills providing business relief
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Licensed Beverage Association (MLBA) is praising the Monday afternoon signing of bills meant to help with small business relief. As of Monday, the MLBA says Gov...
Dec 20, 2021 Steven Miller / CC
Gov. Whitmer signs multiple bills meant to lower housing costs, replace lead lines and more
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Monday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed HB 4398, a nearly $1 billion supplemental bill that invests federal funds from the American Rescue Plan. According to an official st...
Dec 20, 2021 (Photo courtesy of the Office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer).
Michigan gas prices drop again this week, Grand Rapids drivers paying the least on average
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are down 5 cents compared to last week. Michigan drivers are now paying an average of $3.14 per gallon for regular unleaded. This price is 23 cents l...
Dec 20, 2021 Robert Geiger / CC
More than two thirds of Consumers Energy customers restored after successful day of restoration
JACKSON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- As of 9 p.m. Friday, December 17, Consumers Energy crews have restored power to more than 130,000 customers affected by severe winds that ripped through Michigan Wednesday ...
Dec 18, 2021
