Category Archives: State News
Whitmer: Appealing for unity in COVID-19 fight
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, with Michigan's medical executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, is again appealing to Michigan residents to reconsider Thanksgiving plans for the health and s...
Nov 19, 2020 Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at a COVID-19 update press conference on Nov. 19, 2020. Courtesy, State of Michigan
Oversight committee hears testimony from clerks on presidential election
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three Michigan county clerks were among those who testified Thursday before the Joint House-Senate Oversight Committee's investigation into the presidential election. State ...
Nov 19, 2020 Kent County Clerk Lisa Posthumus Lyons (courtesy of WKTV Community Media)
State reports COVID-19 death toll now up to 8,324 in Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan health officials Thursday reported another 134 deaths from coronavirus, with 61 of those deaths added during a review of records. That brings the death toll in the ...
Nov 19, 2020 A graphic from the State of Michigan COVID-19 tracking website Nov.19, 2020 (courtesy of the State of Michigan)
Shirkey defies Governor, creates his own COVID-19 PSA
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey (R-Clark Lake) said he wanted to make a COVID-19 public service announcement with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, after he and other stat...
Nov 19, 2020 A screenshot of a COVID-19-awareness public service announcement featuring Michigan Sen. Mike Shirkey and Henry Ford Health System Dr. Mark Smith.
Governor Whitmer recognizes November as Diabetes Awareness Month
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- To highlight the importance of preventing and managing diabetes, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has proclaimed November 2020 as Diabetes Awareness Month in Michigan. Whitmer's o...
Nov 19, 2020 Chief Medical Executive and MDHHS Chief Deputy for Health Dr. Joneigh Khaldun. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer).
Business-State collaboration supports safe workplaces, offers free COVID-19 safety consultations
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Businesses across the state can now schedule free COVID-19 safety consultations as a part of the new Ambassador program partnership with NSF International and the Michigan ...
Nov 18, 2020 Mike Licht / CC
Michigan jobless rate drops in October despite modest gain in payroll jobs
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Michigan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.5 percent during October, according to data released Wednesday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management &...
Nov 18, 2020
Pullman resident dies while resisting arrest, investigation underway
PULLMAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- An investigation is being launched by the Michigan State Police (MSP) after a Pullman resident died while resisting arrest, MSP officials reported Wednesday. Police say tha...
Nov 18, 2020 Michigan State Police (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
AG Nessel, coalition announce $113M settlement with Apple over iPhone throttling
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Wednesday, Attorney General Dana Nessel, along with a bipartisan coalition of more than 30 other attorneys general, announced a $113 million settlement with Apple Inc. rega...
Nov 18, 2020 Gonzalo Baeza / CC
Pfizer - Phase 3 study indicates COVID-19 vaccine is 95% effective
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Wednesday, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the results from a Phase 3 study indicate its COVID-19 vaccine may actually be 95 percent effective against the virus. That ...
Nov 18, 2020 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
