Category Archives: State News
MCCA votes to support Gov. Whitmer's request to issue refund checks to auto insurance holders
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (MCAA) has unanimously voted to grant Governor Whitmer's request to deliver refund checks to every Michigan resident with auto i...
Nov 03, 2021 Alex Adkins / CC
EPA Orders Benton Harbor, Michigan to protect residents from lead-contaminated drinking water
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an enforcement order directing the City of Benton Harbor to take specific steps to bring its water system into comp...
Nov 02, 2021 A Boys & Girls Club employee helps distribute bottled water in Benton Harbor, MI, October 2021. (Photo courtesy MDHHS).
MDOT says they are ready for Mother Nature's worst
LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As some Michigan residents discovered this morning...fall may be in full swing, but winter is attempting to make an early appearance. As we await the first real substantial s...
Nov 02, 2021 Michigan Department of Transportation snowplow (Photo by MDOT)
Teenager still missing in East Lansing
EAST LANSING, MI -- The search continues for a Grand Valley State University student missing after a visit to the Michigan State University campus last Friday night. The student -- 18-year-old Brendan...
Nov 02, 2021
UPDATE - Suspect accused of robbing Ionia County store with katana arraigned in court
IONIA COUNTY, MI (WZKO AM/FM) - A man accused of robbing a convenience store in Ionia County with a katana and injuring a store clerk has been arraigned in court, according to an update from police Mo...
Nov 01, 2021 Jonathan Richard Wroten. (Photo courtesy Ionia County Sheriff's Office).
Polls open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in jurisdictions holding elections Tuesday
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Polls in the hundreds of Michigan jurisdictions holding elections Tuesday, November 2, will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. for in-person voting. Voters with absentee ballo...
Nov 01, 2021 Voting sign. (Photo by John McNeil)
Updated - Governor Whitmer urges state agency to refund money to state residents
LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) - UPDATE: Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) Director Anita Fox has issued a statement in response to Governor Gretchen Whitmer calling on the Michi...
Nov 01, 2021 Governor Whitmer announces record number of health insurance enrollees (Photo by John McNeil).
MI New Economy tour stops in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State and local officials met in Kalamazoo Monday Morning to work on the task of spending the billions coming to the State of Michigan from the American Rescue Plan. Offic...
Nov 01, 2021 Michigan LEO officials meet in Kalamazoo on 11/1/21 for the Mi New Economy tour. (Photo by John McNeil).
The Mighty Mac celebrates 64 years of operation
MACKINAW CITY, ST IGNACE MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The state's most iconic symbol celebrates a birthday on Monday. The Mackinac Bridge, once dismissed as a waste of money and a folly, officially opened 64 yea...
Nov 01, 2021 daveynin / CC
November Election low-key for 2021, but some big ballot items in West Michigan communities
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Tomorrow will be a rather low-key off-year Election Day in Michigan. There are no national or statewide issues on the ballot, but Kalamazoo, Portage, Parchment, and Gales...
Nov 01, 2021 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
