Category Archives: State News
Governor Whitmer tours Eastern Michigan University vaccination clinic
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Today, Governor Whitmer toured the vaccination clinic at Eastern Michigan University (EMU). She was joined by Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, Washtenaw County Health Departmen...
Apr 12, 2021 Governor Gretchen Whitmer at Eastern Michigan University on 4/12/21. (Photo courtesy Office of Governor Whitmer).
Michigan gas prices much higher than this time in 2020, but lower than the previous year
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Gas prices in Michigan dropped five cents per gallon on average compared to a week ago. Drivers are now paying an average of $2.79 for regular unleaded. "Michigan motorist...
Apr 12, 2021 Mike Mozart / CC
Sightings reported in Chicago of woman missing from Kalamazoo-area since late March
CHICAGO, IL (WKZO AM/FM) -- Police in Chicago have provided an update about a woman missing from the Kalamazoo area. 40-year-old Anne Amanda Bushek of Kalamazoo Township was reported missing on March ...
Apr 12, 2021 Anne Amanda Bushek (Photo courtesy Township of Kalamazoo Police Department).
Four injured in shooting early Saturday morning near Allendale
ALLENDALE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - One of the four victims from Saturday morning's mass shooting at the Enclave Apartments in Allendale Township has been released from the hospital, according to Ottawa Coun...
Apr 11, 2021 Police lights
MDHHS launches vaccination partnership with universities and colleges, expanding mobile vaccination sites
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- With all Michiganders eligible to receive one of the three COVID-19 vaccines, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is upping it's game. The department is se...
Apr 11, 2021 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
MEA supports call for post spring-break limits
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Michigan Education Association President Paula Herbart issued a statement after Friday's press conference by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Whitmer, and the state's chief medical o...
Apr 09, 2021 MEA President Paula Herbart. Courtesy MEA
Whitmer and MDHHS urge volunteer measures over next 2 weeks to slow surge
LANSING, MI (WTVB/WNWN) - With Michigan becoming the COVID-19 hotspot of the nation, Governor Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services urged several volunteer measures on Frida...
Apr 09, 2021 Governor Whitmer prepares to receive COVID-19 vaccine on 4/6/21. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Governor Whitmer).
Despite pandemic, Michigan students still ordered to take federally mandated tests
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Education turned down a plea from Michigan's Department of Education to halt standardized tests this year. Michigan education offi...
Apr 08, 2021 School test - Brian Cantoni CC
Houghton Lake man pleads guilty to child sex crime charges
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Houghton Lake-area man pleaded guilty to child sex crime charges in Roscommon County, Michigan, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Wednesday. Michael Clune, 50, of Ho...
Apr 08, 2021 Best Law
AG Nessel charges Marcellus woman with insurance fraud
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Wednesday, Attorney General Dana Nessel, together with Director Anita G. Fox of the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS), announced charges agains...
Apr 08, 2021 Mich. Attorney General's office files domestic terrorism charges against Fruitport man (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
