Category Archives: State News
Governor Whitmer orders flags lowered in shooting death of Charlie Kirk
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Flags in Michigan are flying at half-staff until Sunday. Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued the order yesterday in accordance with an order from President Trump. The move foll...
Sep 11, 2025 AlphaPenguin
Lawmakers running out of time to pass next fiscal year budget
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan lawmakers are running out of days to get the state budget negotiated and approved for Fiscal Year 2026, which starts October 1. The House and Senate have each passe...
Sep 10, 2025 GotCredit / CC
Michigan judge tosses out case against Trump fake electors
By James Oliphant (Reuters) -A Michigan judge dismissed criminal charges on Tuesday against a group of residents charged with illegally attempting to certify a victory by Donald Trump in the 2020 elec...
Sep 09, 2025
Whitmer to pitch "Michigan Moves the World" message at German auto show today
MUNICH, GERMANY (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer is attending the IAA Mobility conference in Munich, Germany today. She will give a 15-minute speech called "Michigan Moves the World" at the ev...
Sep 09, 2025 Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer at a news conference in Taiwan March 4, 2024 (courtesy Focus Taiwan)
State wants $2.7 billion in unemployment paid back
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency says around 350,000 people who filed for unemployment insurance benefits dating back to March 2020 need to return the money. Many ...
Sep 09, 2025 Feverpitch / Depositphotos.com
YouTube outdoor survival contest competitor found safe after nearly 18 hours
OTSEGO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 36-year-old woman from California who was taking part in a YouTube outdoor survival contest in northern Michigan was found safe after being missing for nearly 18 hou...
Sep 08, 2025 (courtesy Otsego County Sheriff)
AAA: Michigan gas prices decrease 13 cents from a week ago
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are down 13 cents from last week, with drivers are now paying an average of $3.18 per gallon for regular unleaded. That price is 10 cents less than t...
Sep 08, 2025
Senator McCann says Amtrak track shutdown later this month "appears to be poor planning and a troubling lack of advance warning"
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Construction work along the track for the Amtrak Wolverine and Blue Water routes that pass through Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties will mean the lines will be shutdown for ...
Sep 04, 2025 Biker loads his bike onto the Amtrak train. (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
GVSU tightens campus security after weekend stabbing
ALLENDALE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Security is now tighter at Grand Valley State University's main campus in Allendale Township after a stabbing over the weekend near a dormitory. Residents of on-campus hou...
Sep 04, 2025 (courtesy of GVSU)
Mackinac Island city council approves U.S. Secret Service vehicles
MACKINAC ISLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Mackinac Island city council has approved allowing the U.S. Secret Service to drive a federal government official to the Grand Hotel later this month for the Rep...
Sep 04, 2025 The Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan (courtesy Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce)
