Category Archives: State News
AG Nessel - Charges reinstated in alcohol breath testing equipment case
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A circuit court judge has reinstated charges against one of two men contracted to service breath alcohol testing instruments used by law enforcement in the Lower Peninsula, ...
May 11, 2021 Mich. Attorney General's office files domestic terrorism charges against Fruitport man (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
Gov. Whitmer visits I-94 construction zone, vaccine clinic in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tuesday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer made two stops in the Kalamazoo area, both to a construction zone and an ongoing vaccination clinic.
May 11, 2021 Governor Whitmer meets with Kalamazoo County Health Officer Jim Rutherford on 5/11/21. (Photo courtesy Office of Governor Whitmer).
Indiana man enters no contest plea in 2019 fatal Branch County buggy crash
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Fremont, Indiana man entered a no contest plea on Tuesday in Branch County Circuit Court to a charge of O.W.I. Causing Death in connection with a Algansee Township crash in Ju...
May 11, 2021 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Legislative Republicans seeking public input on proposed MIOSHA rules changes
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - As Michigan lifts its in-person work ban later this month, state lawmakers are still concerned about long-term COVID 19 health restrictions. Late last month, the state Occup...
May 11, 2021 State House Rep. Luke Meerman (R-Coopersville) (photo courtesy Michigan House Republicans)
Some areas of Michigan having the driest start to a year in several decades
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Draw a line down the middle of the country and a lot of what's west of it is in extreme or exceptional drought. But in the Great Lakes region, Michigan is the driest o...
May 11, 2021 Midwest drought map - (Credit: U.S. Drought Monitor)
Peters, Stabenow welcome nearly $11 billion in funding for Michigan state and local governments
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - Monday, U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI) and Debbie Stabenow (MI) welcomed the Treasury Department's announcement that Michigan state and local governments will receive n...
May 10, 2021 U.S. Senator Gary Peters. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Gary Peters).
FDA authorizes use of Pfizer vaccine for those 12 - 15 years old
UNDATED, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it has approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine in those 12 - 15 years of age. The FDA amended the Emergency...
May 10, 2021 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Gov. Whitmer announces that 55% of Michigan residents have been vaccinated
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Monday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that 55% of Michiganders have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, marking the first milestone of the "Mi Vacc to N...
May 10, 2021 (Photo courtesy of the Michigan Executive Office of the Governor)
Reminder from State Treasury - Income Tax deadline is Monday, May 17
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Treasury (Treasury) is reminding taxpayers that state individual income tax returns are due in a week. State individual income tax returns must be...
May 10, 2021 GotCredit / CC
Lt. Governor Gilchrist receives second dose of COVID-19 vaccine
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Monday, Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist received a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at Berston Field House in Flint, where he launched the 'Making Real Change' tour ...
May 10, 2021 Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist receives second shot of COVID-19 vaccine in Flint, MI. (Photo courtesy Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist speaks in Flint, MI on 5/10/21. (Photo courtesy Michigan Executive Office of the Governor).
