Category Archives: State News
State rep. wants to fire Allegan Co. health officer
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- WOOD-TV is reporting that a state lawmaker from Allegan County is calling for the firing of the county's top health officer. Michigan State Rep. Steve Johnson is mad about a co...
Sep 02, 2021 EpicTop10.com / CC
Michigan man accused in bomb threat hoax at Trump hotel in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS, NV (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Michigan man who claimed that Donald Trump had ruined his life for the last three years is in trouble, accused of a bomb threat hoax at the Trump International Hotel in...
Sep 02, 2021 Sean MacEntee / CC
MDOT is lifting traffic restrictions to ease Labor Day 2021 travel - here's what to know in West/Southwest MI
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - To help ease the upcoming Labor Day Weekend traffic, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is removing lane restrictions on nearly 60 percent of its road and br...
Sep 01, 2021 I 94 road project completion date revised (Photo by John McNeil)
Plainwell woman faces four charges of medical insurance fraud
LANSING, ALLEGAN MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A joint investigation into medical insurance fraud has netted charges against a Plainwell woman. The state Department of Insurance and Financial Services, and the Al...
Sep 01, 2021 Patrick Feller / CC
Michigan residents helping victims in Louisiana reeling from Hurricane Ida
BATON ROUGE, LA (WKZO AM/FM) -- Some Michigan residents have traveled down to the Gulf Coast to help those affected by Hurricane Ida. Pam Marcil of Grosse Pointe rode out the storm with evacuees shelt...
Sep 01, 2021 Chalky Lives / CC
Adopt-a-Beach Cleanup activities scheduled for September 18, volunteers needed
UNDATED, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tuesday, officials with the Alliance for the Great Lakes announced dates for its annual Adopt-a-Beach Cleanup. Beach cleanup activities are slated to take place on Saturday,...
Sep 01, 2021 Shoreline at Hagar Beach in Hagar Township, MI. (Photo by Will Kriss).
UPDATED - Four WMU soccer players sue over athlete vaccine mandate, temporary restraining order granted
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - UPDATE: A temporary restraining order has been granted after a lawsuit was filed against Western Michigan University (WMU) by soccer players who haven't received a COVID-1...
Aug 31, 2021 Western Michigan University (photo by John McNeil)
Kalamazoo-area FBI agent who investigated Whitmer kidnapping plot will stand trial for assault charges
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An FBI agent from the Kalamazoo area, who helped investigate the plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer, will stand trial for assault charges. Previously, 39-year-old Ri...
Aug 31, 2021 Patrick Feller / CC
AG Nessel requests investigation into COVID Vaccination Card scam
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed a petition with the Macomb County Circuit Court seeking authorization to issue a subpoena to Facebook to learn the identity o...
Aug 31, 2021 Mich. Attorney General's office files domestic terrorism charges against Fruitport man (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
New laws to help protect children who ride school buses now in place
LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Whitmer has signed two measures that are designed to protect the safety of school children who ride a school bus. The first allows cameras to be installed on the sto...
Aug 31, 2021 Bill McChesney / CC
