Category Archives: State News
Auction open for anyone who would like an original piece of Mackinac Bridge
ST. IGNACE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An auction has been opened that is letting Michigan residents try to obtain a piece of state history. The online auction, running until Tuesday, May 18, allows people to ...
May 10, 2021 chellseeyy / CC
Average gas prices in Michigan at highest levels since fall of 2018
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Average gas prices in Michigan are now at their highest levels since October of 2018. According to AAA, prices jumped 16 cents on average compared to a week ago. Michigan ...
May 10, 2021 Mike Mozart / CC
Michigan population now 54% vaccinated
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The state of Michigan reports as of Friday, May 6th, that 54% of adults ages 16 and up have received at least one COVID-19 shot. Health officials are saying that it's a rou...
May 08, 2021 Alachua County
Lake Express ferry open for service for 2021
MUSKEGON MI (WKZO AM/FM) - If you were planning on taking the Lake Express Ferry last year but were disappointed due to the pandemic...there's good news on the horizon. The high speed service, which o...
May 07, 2021
Michigan National Guard troops to get reimbursement for inadequate food at the US Capitol riot in January
LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Whitmer has signed into law a measure that will reimburse Michigan National Guard troops for inadequate food served to them as they participated in the deployment at...
May 07, 2021 keithreifsnyder / CC
Pfizer/BioNTech apply for full FDA approval of COVID-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON DC (WKZO AM/FM) - Pfizer and BioNTech have applied to the Food and Drug Administration for full approval for their coronavirus vaccine. The FDA provided an Emergency Use Authorization for t...
May 07, 2021 Felton Davis / CC
State senator proposes a prescription oversight board for Michigan
LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Prescription drug prices have been an issue not only in Michigan but across the country...and a state senator says the time has come for an oversight board to help control an...
May 07, 2021 Eric Hunsaker / CC
Brand new balloon festival in Michigan taking place this weekend
NASHVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A first of its kind event kicks off in Barry County today and will run through Mother's Day weekend. The very first Nashville Michigan Hot Air Balloon Festival will inclu...
May 07, 2021 ricketyus / CC
Travel, tourism season kicks off with contests and promotions
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Tulip Time in Holland is just part of the kickoff of the spring and summer tourism season in Michigan ... and perhaps the nation. The 38th National Travel and Tourism Week r...
May 07, 2021 The National Travel and Tourism Week 2021 (image courtesy SU Travel Association)
Bond revoked for man tied to white supremacy group in Michigan's Thumb-region
BAD AXE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Bond has been revoked for a Michigan man from the Thumb-area, said to be a self-proclaimed leader of a White Supremacist group with violent tendencies. Michigan Attorney Ge...
May 07, 2021 Justen Waktens of 'The Base' - Courtesy Michigan Attorney General's Office
