Category Archives: State News
Severe Drought expands across West Michigan and other areas of lower peninsula
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Severe Drought conditions have now expanded across Michigan's lower peninsula and blankets most of West Michigan. Thursday's update from the U.S. drought monitor shows...
Jun 11, 2021 Thursday 6-10-21 - U.S. Drought Monitor
UPDATE: Missing, endangered Benton Harbor teen not with ex-prisoner
BENTON HARBOR, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Michigan State Police have updated a missing-and-endangered alert for a teenager from Benton Harbor. Tamare'A T. Barnett-Johnson, 15, was last seen at a home in the 70...
Jun 11, 2021 Tamare’A T. Barnett-Johnson. Courtesy Michigan State Police
State park/trail improvement plan unveiled by Governor Whitmer
ST IGNACE MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Whitmer has announced a plan that would invest in state parks and trails. The Governor made the announcement at Straits State Park in St. Ignace. The proposal woul...
Jun 10, 2021 (Photo courtesy of the Michigan Executive Office of the Governor)
Over $1 million in meth seized in Van Buren County routine traffic stop
COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Michigan State Police officials say over $1 million dollars worth of meth was discovered in a vehicle during a routine traffic stop last week in Van Buren County. T...
Jun 10, 2021 Meth Seizure 6-4-21 - Michigan State Police
No evidence found to support women's claims of drink tampering at Kalamazoo bar
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- An investigation into drink tampering at a Kalamazoo bar has been closed and no charges will be filed. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety has confirmed they found ...
Jun 10, 2021 Y Bar and Bistro in Kalamazoo. (Google Streetview).
Stabenow, Peters announce new legislation to clean up PFAS at military installations
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters introduced two new bills to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS, at military bases across ...
Jun 09, 2021 U.S. Senator Gary Peters. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Gary Peters).
Plan to fix critical bridges throughout Michigan introduced in state Senate
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Sen. Aric Nesbitt on Wednesday joined several Senate Republicans in introducing legislation that would fund repairs for every severe bridge in the state. "Improving Mi...
Jun 09, 2021 Inkster Ave. bridge in Kalamazoo, MI - Google Street View
State looks for 1000 applicants for scholarships to help them earn skills certificates
LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Labor and Employment Opportunity has announced they are seeking a new wave of applicants to the Michigan Skills Scholarship program. The scholarshi...
Jun 09, 2021 Kevin Smith / CC
Deadline Detroit: Kilpatrick 'done with poltics'
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Detroit's most-notorious mayor says he's done with politics. Deadline Detroit is reporting that Kwame Kilpatrick, Detroit's mayor from 2002 to 2008, says he plans to be a pasto...
Jun 09, 2021 Michigan politics word cloud. MWC Communications
Spartans can go maskless on MSU campus if vaccinated
EAST LANSING, MI -- Beginning today vaccinated students and employees of Michigan State University will be allowed to go maskless on campus, both indoors and outdoors, for the first time in over a yea...
Jun 09, 2021 Photo of MSU President Samuel L. Stanely Jr. provided by Michigan State University.
