Category Archives: State News
GOP lawmakers in Lansing looking for stricter voting, election laws
LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Republican lawmakers in Lansing are planning a ballot drive designed to tighten up Michigan's voting laws. The effort, if successful, would enact the changes without needing ...
Aug 31, 2021 sugarfrizz / CC
Pennfield HS student injured after being struck by vehicle
PENNFIELD, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Pennfield High School student was injured Monday afternoon after being hit by a vehicle near the school. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office says the accident happened ar...
Aug 31, 2021 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Construction worker killed while working on I-94 in Van Buren County
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police say a 35-year-old construction worker from Grand Rapids was killed Friday evening after being struck by a semi-tractor trailer on I-94 in Van Buren Cou...
Aug 30, 2021 Michigan State Police - Photo by Jeana Gondek
Despite a slight drop, Michigan has highest Labor Day weekend gas prices since 2014
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM)- Gas prices in Michigan are down six cents compared to last week. AAA Michigan says drivers are now paying an average of $3.13 per gallon for regular unleaded. This price is ...
Aug 30, 2021 Robert Geiger / CC
First mosquito carrying EEE found in Barry County
HASTINGS MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The first mosquito in 2021 carrying the Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus in Michigan has been discovered in Barry County. Health authorities report the infected insect was ...
Aug 28, 2021 Enrique Dans / CC
Grand Haven couple ordered to pay son for destroying his pornography collection
GRAND HAVEN MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A US District judge has ruled that a Grand Haven couple was wrong when they got rid of their son's collection of pornographic materials. Judge Paul Maloney ordered the co...
Aug 28, 2021 Chris Potter / CC
Paw Paw State Police post looking for Angel Program volunteers
PAW PAW MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The State Police post in Paw Paw is looking for volunteers for its Angel Program. The program, which is statewide, allows someone suffering with addiction to walk into any po...
Aug 28, 2021
Discovery of COVID-19 in Michigan deer continues raising questions and few answers
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The discovery of COVID-19 in deer across Michigan recently has raised a lot of questions, but not many answers. As to why 67% of U.S.D.A.-tested Michigan deer came up posit...
Aug 27, 2021 Fool4myCanon / CC
U.S. Flags in Michigan lowered to honor victims in Afghanistan terrorist attacks
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer, in accordance with a proclamation issued by President Biden, has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags within the State Capitol Complex and upon all pu...
Aug 27, 2021
Governor Whitmer kidnapping plot defendant sentenced to six years in prison
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The first court sentencing in a plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been handed down as of Wednesday, according to a report from WWMT. Ty Garbin, a 25-year-old...
Aug 25, 2021 Ty Garbin - Credit Kent County Jail
