Category Archives: State News
Ananich, Rogers lead effort to increase high school math options
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich (D-Flint) and state Representative Julie M. Rogers (D-Kalamazoo) announced legislation to broaden the range of math classes tha...
Apr 07, 2021 State Rep. Julie Rogers. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Julie Rogers).
UIA reports new wave of imposter Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claims, identity theft
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Michigan's Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA), like other states across the country, remains under attack by criminals. Since Friday, April 2, Michigan has seen a dramatic...
Apr 07, 2021
AG Nessel warns Michiganders of fraudulent COVID vaccine surveys
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- For Michiganders who have received or plan to get the COVID-19 vaccine, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is warning them to avoid current vaccine survey scams offering...
Apr 07, 2021 Mich. Attorney General's office files domestic terrorism charges against Fruitport man (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
Bird is the word: The robin officially became Michigan's state bird 90 years ago this week
OKEMOS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- An avian anniversary takes place in Michigan Thursday. April 8 is the day the state officially named its state bird in 1931. 90 years ago, the Michigan legislature approved ...
Apr 07, 2021 C Watts / CC
Could Michigan birth its own COVID-19 variant? Health experts weigh in
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- As Michigan now has the highest rate of confirmed cases of COVID-19 variants of any state in the U.S., some experts say there are warning signs of the state birthing its ow...
Apr 07, 2021 U.S. Department of Energy
April is Distracted-Driving Awareness month
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- April is Distracted-Driving Awareness Month and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is reminding people that between 2012 and 1029 more than 26,000 people died i...
Apr 07, 2021 NHTSA distracted driving graphic. Courtesy NHTSA
AAA report: Distracted driving crashes kill nine people per day
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- As traffic begins to pick up across the country, with increased vaccinations and decreased pandemic restrictions, AAA - The Auto Club Group reminds drivers about the impor...
Apr 07, 2021 Distracted driving. (Image courtesy of AAA).
Branch County hit/run vehicle found, driver cooperating with MSP
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Michigan State Police say a suspect vehicle in a Sherwood Township hit and run crash which injured three children on Monday afternoon has been found. State Police Detect...
Apr 06, 2021
AG Nessel fighting unlawful sales of fake vaccination cards
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Tuesday, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel called on Twitter, eBay, and Shopify to act immediately to prevent people from offering to sell fraudulent Centers for Diseas...
Apr 06, 2021 Mich. Attorney General's office files domestic terrorism charges against Fruitport man (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
Governor Whitmer receives first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer received her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine after becoming eligible in the latest phase of prioritization that includes all Mich...
Apr 06, 2021 Governor Whitmer receives her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Governor Whitmer).
