Category Archives: State News
Governor not making endorsements in U.S. Senate, Secretary of State races
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer is not going to make any endorsements in the Democratic Party's primary races for Secretary of State or the U.S. Senate. Lieutenant Governor Garlin...
Apr 09, 2026 Gov. Whitmer signs legislations No. 20, 2023 at the YWCA in Kalamazoo, MI (courtesy Office of the Governor)
Flanagan's Irish Pub assets seized by judge
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The assets of the former Flanagan's Irish Pub in downtown Grand Rapids have been seized by a judge after owners Benjamin and Martha Penrod defaulted on its loans. The c...
Apr 09, 2026 londondeposit / Depositphotos.com
State budget director tours Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The state budget director toured Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes with state Senator Sean McCann Wednesday. Jen Flood said the federal government is passing the tab on to sta...
Apr 09, 2026
Mackinac Bridge record broken for falling ice closures
ST. IGNACE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Mackinac Bridge has been closed this winter season 12 times for falling ice. The Mackinac Bridge Authority says that is a new record for how many times the five-mile ...
Apr 08, 2026
Michigan Democratic lawmakers: 25th Amendment must be invoked
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Democratic state lawmakers from all over Michigan are calling on Vice President JD Vance and the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to remove Pres...
Apr 08, 2026 samael1986 / Depositphotos.com
WMU's Haworth College of Business receives $17 million gift
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University's Haworth College of Business has received a $17 million gift from The Stan Lucas Trust, which school officials say will fund Experience-Driven...
Apr 07, 2026 Haworth College of Business (courtesy Western Michigan University)
AG Nessel will intervene in Consumers Energy rate hike request
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says she will intervene in Consumers Energy's latest rate hike request. The utility announced on Friday that they will seek another ele...
Apr 07, 2026
Sheriff's Office says ordinance change will help them crack down on retail theft by "candy boys"
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials with the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office say slight change in Oshtemo Township ordinance should help them cut down on a rise in retail theft and fraud. ...
Apr 06, 2026 PHOTOLOGY1971 / Depositphotos.com
Michigan among states suing President Trump over mail-in ballot executive order
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The state of Michigan is one of two dozen states that are suing the federal government over President Trump's executive order creating a federally authorized list of absente...
Apr 06, 2026 samael1986 / Depositphotos.com
Amtrak service between Grand Rapids and Chicago impacted by wash out
COLOMA, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Amtrak has canceled the Pere Marquette line between Chicago and Grand Rapids indefinitely due to the ground under the tracks being washed out in southwest Michigan. The washo...
Apr 06, 2026 Biker loads his bike onto the Amtrak train. (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
