Category Archives: State News
AAA: School traffic is back, be cautious on the roads
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan roads are about to get more crowded as millions of students and teachers return to school. As a result, AAA is launching its "School's Open Drive Carefully" campai...
Aug 25, 2021 Legg Middle School (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Kalamazoo region atop statistics regarding number of COVID cases, positive cases
KALAMAZOO, LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) - According to the state Health and Human Services Department, the Kalamazoo region is the hotspot for COVID-19 in Michigan. Statistics show that the nine county are...
Aug 25, 2021
Bus driver shortage causing concern among Michigan school districts
LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In addition to a statewide teacher shortage, districts across Michigan are dealing with a situation that will have a similar impact on students...the lack of qualified bus dr...
Aug 25, 2021 JohnPickenPhoto / CC
State representatives state concern over report regarding profits earned by auto insurance companies
LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A bipartisan group of state representatives is calling for an investigation into a new report that indicates Michigan residents were overcharged over one billion dollars by a...
Aug 25, 2021 sugarfrizz / CC
West Michigan U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer makes unexpected trip to Afghanistan
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) -- Michigan U.S. Representative Peter Meijer was among two congressmen who flew to Kabul, Afghanistan unannounced yesterday, amid ongoing chaos in the region. It came as t...
Aug 25, 2021 Congressman Peter Meijer. (Image via Wikipedia).
Governor Whitmer signs legislation allowing clean slate for non-repeat OWI offenders
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Monday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed House Bills 4219 and 4220, which will allow for expungement of convictions for a first violation of operating while intoxicated (OWI...
Aug 24, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
AG Nessel seeks public input on recent power outages
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Following her calls last week for utility companies in the state to prioritize customers who dealt with extended power outages, Attorney General Dana Nessel has launched an ...
Aug 24, 2021 Mich. Attorney General's office files domestic terrorism charges against Fruitport man (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
UPDATE: Suspect in Jackson County triple murder arrested in Grand Rapids
UPDATE: Tue 8/24/21 10:35 a.m.: GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A man wanted in connection to a triple murder in Jackson County has been arrested. 43-year-old Zacharie Scott Borton was taken into cus...
Aug 24, 2021 Zacharie Scott Borton - Courtesy- Jackson County Sheriff's office
Whitmer declares State of Emergency in three border counties following severe storms
LANSING, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer has declared a state of emergency for Branch, Hillsdale and St. Joseph counties to address the impacts of severe thunderstorms and straight-line win...
Aug 24, 2021 Governor Whitmer press conference Thursday 4-29-21
Michigan woman seriously injured at Cedar Point identified
SWARTZ CREEK, MI -- Investigators in Ohio have identified the woman hurt over a week ago by a flying piece of metal from the Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point as 44-year-old Rachel Hawes of Swartz Cr...
Aug 24, 2021
