Category Archives: State News
Treasury: Grants available for financially distressed cities, villages and townships
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Cities, villages and townships experiencing financial struggles can now apply for a grant to help fund special projects and free up tax dollars for important services, acco...
Mar 17, 2021 sugarfrizz / CC
Michigan State Police continue partnership in Benton Harbor
BENTON HARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Tuesday, the Michigan State Police (MSP) announced that early reporting, based on 2020 data, illustrates violent crime declined in the city of Benton Harbor by 12 per...
Mar 16, 2021
Holland man charged with threats against Biden, Pelosi and Whitmer
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland resident Joshua Doctor, 21, is facing one count of threat of terrorism and one count of using a computer to commit a crime, after allegedly issuing death threats aimed ...
Mar 16, 2021 Detail from the document with terrorism charges against Holland resident Joshua Doctor, 21.
Holland-Saugatuck highway rebuild set to start
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Michigan Department of Transportation officials announced they start renovating about 12 miles of southbound I-196, from M-40 in Holland to 130th Avenue in the Saugatuck/Dougla...
Mar 16, 2021
Food assistance for 350,000 Michigan families due to COVID-19 extended
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Approximately 350,000 Michigan families will continue to have access to additional food assistance benefits during March as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Michiga...
Mar 16, 2021 Kai Hendry / CC
AG Nessel declines to investigate COVID-19 nursing home policies
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today responded to a request from eight state senators to open an investigation into Governor Gretchen Whitmer's handling of COVID-19 ...
Mar 15, 2021 Mich. Attorney General's office files domestic terrorism charges against Fruitport man (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
Governor Whitmer proclaims March as Brain Injury Awareness month
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) are the leading causes of injury-related death and disability in the United States, and 155 people die every da...
Mar 15, 2021 Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Dr. Joneigh Khaldun speak during a conference on 2-9-21. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer).
Gas prices in Michigan now highest since July of 2019
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Gas prices in Michigan declined slightly during the past week, but not before setting a new high for 2021 at an average of $2.82 per gallon. Michigan drivers are now payin...
Mar 15, 2021 Mike Mozart / CC
Nessel: Tens of Millions of Dollars Available to Pay Winter Bills
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- People trying to catch up on winter heating bills may find help in a partnership between Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's office and Consumers Energy. Federal, state and...
Mar 15, 2021 Michigan 211 logo
Remembering the historic heatwave in March 2012 that sent Michigan temps to the mid-80s
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- In mid-March of 2012, one of the most unusual and historic heat waves in recorded history blanketed Michigan and much of the Midwest. According to the National Weather...
Mar 15, 2021 Flowers blooming in Allegan County in March of 2012 - WKZO/Brandon James
