Category Archives: State News
Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week is September 20-26
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Governor's Traffic Safety Advisory Commission (GTSAC) and the National Highway Safety Traffic Safety Administration are reminding Michigan citizens that Child Passenger...
Sep 23, 2020 Leon Brocard / CC
First military and overseas voter ballots mailed, Secretary of State says
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced Monday that Michigan clerks have sent military and overseas voter (MOVE) absentee ballots to those who requested them. Clerks wi...
Sep 22, 2020 (Photo courtesy of the Michigan Executive Office of the Governor)
Michigan Treasury - more options coming soon for returning bottles and cans
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Treasury announced Monday that more options are on the way for returning bottles and cans with a deposit. With the beginning of "Phase 2" on Octo...
Sep 22, 2020 Rex Roof / CC
Annual downtown Kalamazoo holiday parade canceled over health concerns
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The annual downtown Kalamazoo holiday parade is the latest event to be canceled over COVID-19 concerns. The Kalamazoo Downtown Partnership said Tuesday that the event inv...
Sep 22, 2020 Kalamazoo Holiday Parade 2017 (photo by John McNeil)
Warrant issued for man impersonating cop in Albion
ALBION, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A warrant has been issued for a man who Calhoun County authorities say impersonated a police officer when he stopped an Albion College student about a month ago. The Battle C...
Sep 22, 2020 Josh Graciano / CC
Liquor licenses for three West Michigan businesses suspended over Executive Order violations
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Liquor Control Commission (MLCC) announced Monday that it has issued emergency suspensions of the liquor licenses held by Michigan businesses in Muskegon Heigh...
Sep 22, 2020 Simon_sees / CC
Gas prices in Michigan increase slightly, AAA reports
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Gas prices in Michigan are up 2 cents compared to last week. Michigan drivers are now paying an average price of $2.06 per gallon for regular unleaded. This price is 10 ce...
Sep 22, 2020 Marathon Gas Station at sunset. (Photo by John McNeill).
Governor Whitmer unveils sign for downtown Lansing’s Elliott-Larsen Building
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- After signing Executive Order 2020-139 to rename the state-owned Lewis Cass Building in downtown Lansing to the "Elliott-Larsen Building" this past June, Governor Gretchen ...
Sep 21, 2020 Governor Whitmer speaks at the unveiling of the new sign for the Elliot-Larsen Building in Lansing on Monday, September 21, 2020. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer)
MSP - Statewide search launched for missing man
SAGINAW COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan State Police (MSP) announced Monday that a search for a missing man has officially gone statewide. On Thursday, September 17, troopers from the MSP Tri-...
Sep 21, 2020 The search for missing Karl Adam Marker has been expanded to a statewide endeavor. (Photo courtesy of the Michigan State Police)
Judge rules that ballots received after Election Day must be counted if postmarked by the day before
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) - A judge has ruled that clerks must count ballots that may come in after Election Day, if they are postmarked by November 2nd, the day before the election. Court of Claims Judge ...
Sep 19, 2020 Mitchell Laurren-Ring / CC
