Category Archives: State News
State Senate Republicans urge governor to ask for resignations of MSP leaders
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Ten Republican state senators are urging Governor Gretchen Whitmer to ask for the resignations of two Michigan State Police leaders. That includes director Colonel James Gra...
Oct 24, 2025
Chinese battery company abandons plan to build Michigan plant
BIG RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Chinese battery company Gotion has abandoned a plan to build a $2.4 billion plant in Michigan to produce material for electric vehicles, the state said Thursday. The plan...
Oct 23, 2025 An artist's rendering of the proposed Gotion battery plant in Big Rapids, MI (courtesy Michigan Economic Development Corporation)
Detroit family files $50-million civil lawsuit over park attack
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The family of eight-year-old Saida Mashrah is suing the 74-year-old man who attacked her at a Detroit park last October. She says she still gets scared a year after her thro...
Oct 23, 2025 Kevin Smith / CC
Poll shows Benson with big lead in Democratic primary for governor
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Internal polling done for Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson shows her with a huge lead in the Democratic primary in the race for governor in 2026. Benson has 56% support, wh...
Oct 23, 2025 Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, attends an Election Night party, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
New poll: Voters paying more, but political views shape how they see economy
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new poll by Glengariff Group finds 75.8% of Michiganders are spending more for groceries, 68% are paying more for utilities, but their political party affiliation shapes w...
Oct 22, 2025 chrisdorney / Depositphotos.com
West Michigan man sentenced for threats to kill President Trump
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A West Michigan man , Richard James Spring of Comstock Park, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for posting online threats against President Donald Trump. Cou...
Oct 22, 2025 Mirroni / Depositphotos.com
Missing Kent County K-9 found in Manistee National Forest
LAKE COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kent County Sheriff's Office K-9 Soka has been found safe after a 24-hour search. Soka was on an off-duty trip with his handler at Manistee National Forest when he vanis...
Oct 21, 2025 Ken Hawkins / CC
Palisades nuclear plant receives new fuel ahead of restart
COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert Township has received its first shipment of nuclear fuel as Holtec International moves toward restarting the plant. They ...
Oct 21, 2025
This is Michigan's first Microplastics Awareness Week
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - This is the first Michigan Microplastics Awareness Week. The state Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy director Phil Roos says microplastics are a global issu...
Oct 20, 2025
MDOT: Roadside parks closing October 31
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Transportation says they will start closing most roadside parks on October 31. The parks will reopen in late April. 79 of the state's 82 roadside ...
Oct 20, 2025
