Category Archives: State News
ArtPrize scheduled to take place in the fall of 2021
GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO AM/FM) - Good news for ArtPrize fans... the event is now being tentatively scheduled for the fall of 2021. In a statement issued on Thursday, ArtPrize organizers said that it is ant...
Jan 03, 2021 Lola Audu / CC
Michigan Attorney General says no wrongdoing in Health Dept. contract
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) - The state Attorney General's office has announced that, following an investigation into the state health department's contact-tracing contract, that there was no evidence of cri...
Jan 03, 2021 Mich. Attorney General's office files domestic terrorism charges against Fruitport man (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
SS Badger, SS Spartan, two Michigan companies purchased by Ohio holding company
MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS OH (WKZO AM/FM) - An Ohio-based holding company has purchased the SS Badger, a tug barge, and two West Michigan shipping companies. Interlake Holding Co. announced the purchase on W...
Jan 02, 2021 Greg Gjerdingen / CC
Banished words/phrases for 2020 led by a familiar selection
SAULT STE MARIE MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Another benchmark of the new year is the publication of the banned words/phrases by Lake Superior State University. Virtually no surprises on the list for 2020, with ...
Jan 02, 2021 John Fink / CC
Whitmer vetoes bills that would have limited her administration's pandemic powers
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As expected, Governor Gretchen Whitmer Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have halted emergency public health orders after 28 days unless the Legislature approved. The legis...
Dec 31, 2020 Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer at a Dec. 7, 2020 press conference in Lansing (courtesy of Michigan Executive Office of the Governor)
Governor Whitmer signs bills allowing student athletes to receive compensation for first time in Michigan history
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Wednesday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed bipartisan legislation allowing student athletes to use their own name, image, likeness, and reputation for financial compensati...
Dec 30, 2020 Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer at a press conference December 10, 2020 (courtesy of the Executive Office of the Governor)
Governor Whitmer signs bipartisan Flint settlement bill
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Wednesday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed bipartisan Senate Bills 1251 and 1252, creating the Flint Settlement Trust Fund within the Michigan Department of Treasury, and ...
Dec 30, 2020 Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at a COVID-19 update press conference on Nov. 19, 2020. Courtesy, State of Michigan
MI COVID Alert app now available in two additional languages
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Wednesday, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB) announced the launch of Spanis...
Dec 30, 2020 Carissa Rogers / CC
AG Nessel announces new efforts to stop robocalls from disrupting hospitals
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Recommendations on how the telecom industry, hospitals and the federal and state governments can prevent illegal robocalls from disrupting communications in hospitals were ...
Dec 29, 2020 Mich. Attorney General's office files domestic terrorism charges against Fruitport man (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
Governor signs Michigan COVID-19 relief plan, no timeline yet for money distribution
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/AM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer Tuesday morning signed the bipartisan relief bill that the Michigan legislature passed last week, with the money designed to provide support for Mi...
Dec 29, 2020 Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signing the state's COVID-19 relief plan December 29, 2020 (courtesy of the rMichigan Executive Office of the Governor)
