Category Archives: State News
COVID-19 cases connected with Faster Horses Festival
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is working with local public health departments on an investigation of cases of COVID-19 illness associated wit...
Jul 25, 2021
Additional system to alert Michigan residents of severe storms to be launched by NWS
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The National Weather Service will soon launch an additional wireless alert system for severe thunderstorms in Michigan, and around the U.S.. It will join ones already ...
Jul 23, 2021 Benjamen Benson / CC
The science behind how wildfires change the color of the sun, moon, and sky over Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The sky, sun, and moon in Michigan have all had a different tint lately due to wildfires in the west, but what exactly makes it look that way? Over 1.2 million acres burn...
Jul 23, 2021 Tinted sunrise in southwest Michigan - Courtesy Linda Drilling
Online gaming now legal in Michigan; gamblers can play blackjack, roulette, and baccarat
LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) - If you're not able to get to your favorite casino, or still have reservations about being around that many people, the state has announced that online table games can now be ...
Jul 22, 2021 Best Free Bets / CC
West Nile discovered in West Michigan; Kent County officials discover the virus near Grand Rapids
EAST GRAND RAPIDS MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The spectre of mosquitoes in Michigan just got a little darker, as Kent County has reported its first cases of West Nile Virus. The insects found to have the virus ...
Jul 22, 2021 Enrique Dans / CC
Soldano raises $600,000, Whitmer raises a whole lot more in 2022 race for Governor
MATTAWAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Republican candidate for Governor Garrett Soldano still doesn't have the financial war chest of the current Goveror, but did announce this week he has raised over ...
Jul 22, 2021 2022 Michigan Republican gubernational candidate Garrett Soldano and his family (courtesy of Garrett Soldano for Michigan)
"Unlock Michigan" ballot certified, Emergency Powers of Governor Act of 1945 terminated
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The law Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been using to extend emergency pandemic orders has been terminated, due to the certification of a citizen initiative. The group behind ...
Jul 21, 2021 Michigan State Capitol
SOS Benson - "Register in person at your local clerk to vote in Aug. 3 election"
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan residents who want to vote in their local election next month and have not yet registered can still do so in person at their clerk's offices up to 8 p.m. on Electio...
Jul 21, 2021 May 4, 2021; Holland, MI, USA; Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson answers reporters' questions in front of Holland City Hall during an appearance on Election Day. Gary Stevens/Midwest Communications
UPDATED - Allegan County deputies continuing investigation into two-vehicle accident
ALLEGAN MI (WKZO AM/FM) - UPDATED - Allegan County authorities are providing an update to a crash involving a semi truck Wednesday morning. A passenger vehicle driven by a male from the Zeeland area h...
Jul 21, 2021
Governor Whitmer vetoes bill to end federal unemployment aid in Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A bill that passed the Michigan legislature to end the extra $300 a week in unemployment pay from the federal government has been vetoed. Governor Whitmer said in her letter...
Jul 21, 2021 (Photo courtesy of the Office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer).
