Category Archives: State News
Grant for Cass County's Midwest Energy Cooperative expected to generate jobs and private investment
CASSAPOLIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A substantial financial boost is on it's way to Cass County. The boost is set to promote high-tech business growth which will in turn bring with it jobs and more than 10...
Sep 30, 2021 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
Stabenow, Peters, Whitmer announce over $7 million in funding for West Michigan health centers
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - Wednesday, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow, Gary Peters and Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced $7,145,225 in funding to support community health centers in West Michigan...
Sep 30, 2021 Kalamazoo Family Health Center Moses L. Walker Building
Sexual assault victims would get more time for case prep with new proposals in Lansing
LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State lawmakers are considering a package of bills that are designed to give sexual abuse victims more time to sue. The proposals would allow victims of the late Dr. Robert A...
Sep 30, 2021 sugarfrizz / CC
MDHHS makes changes in COVID exposure guidelines in K-12 schools
LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The state Department of Health and Human Services has amended its guidelines concerning COVID-19 exposure in K-12 schools. Previously, those exposed to the virus were advised...
Sep 30, 2021 sugarfrizz / CC
AG Nessel charges Niles couple with Medicaid fraud
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Niles couple faces several felonies for alleged false claims through their counseling practice, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Wednesday. Gregory Barney w...
Sep 29, 2021 Best Law
Governor Whitmer signs budget for Fiscal Year 2022
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Wednesday, at the Lansing Community College West Campus, Governor Gretchen Whitmer today signed SB 82 and HB 4400, which ensure funding is now in place for Fiscal Year 2022....
Sep 29, 2021 Governor Whitmer signs 2022 state budget. (Photo courtesy Office of Governor Whitmer).
All 83 Michigan counties are in the high-risk COVID transmission category
ATLANTA GA (WKZO AM/FM) - New data released by the Centers for Disease Control indicates that every county in Michigan is at the highest risk level for transmission of the coronavirus. Up until the ne...
Sep 29, 2021 EpicTop10.com / CC
Jackson police confirm Kalamazoo woman as victim of recent fatal crash
JACKSON COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police in Jackson have confirmed that a woman who died in a recent fatal crash is from Kalamazoo, according to a report from MLive Tuesday. The crash occurred Friday,...
Sep 28, 2021
American Red Cross seeks blood donations to fight lowest supply since 2015
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Monday, the American Red Cross announced that it is experiencing its lowest blood inventory at this time of year since 2015, with less than a day's supply of certain bl...
Sep 28, 2021 Tony Webster / CC
Firetruck hits vehicle and house in Detroit while responding to fire in high-rise building
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Four Detroit firefighters and a woman driving a Mercedes were hurt when the fire truck hit her car and a house while responding to a high-rise fire. The crash Monday left t...
Sep 28, 2021 Arvell Dorsey Jr. / CC
