Category Archives: State News
AG Nessel's office confronts Kalamazoo business for failing to fulfill $38,000 worth of orders
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Office of Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel reported Tuesday that it has recently sent a cease and desist letter to a Kalamazoo man for failing to follow through on...
Sep 08, 2020 Mich. Attorney General's office files domestic terrorism charges against Fruitport man (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
MSU to re-name building after discovery of KKK past of current honoree
EAST LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State University has announced that it will be changing the name of a building named for a member of the KKK. The Nisbet Building was named for Stephen Nisbet for ...
Sep 05, 2020 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
Michigan State Police website shows data that indicates disparity among Black drivers
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) - A new website started by the Michigan State Police has published data regarding traffic stops and other arrests indicates that Black drivers are being stopped at an increased nu...
Sep 05, 2020 Sicnag / CC
WMU reports several new cases of COVID-19
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The number of cases of coronavirus at Western Michigan University since students returned to campus have increased twofold. As of Friday, 37 new positive cases were report...
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State Attorney General goes to court to dissolve companies with misleading names
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) - The state Attorney General's office has filed a complaint in Ingham County Circuit Court to have 10 Michigan organizations dissolved as they are not legitimate charities- but ha...
Sep 05, 2020 Mich. Attorney General's office files domestic terrorism charges against Fruitport man (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
Online learning the norm now, but not without issues
WYOMING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Online learning isn't a new concept, but it is unique for most Michigan students, as they go back to school under the so-called "New Norm". One of the concerns educators hav...
Sep 04, 2020 Marcie Casas / CC
Governor allows gyms, pools to re-open
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Whitmer has signed an executive order that will allow the re-opening of gyms and pools throughout the state, beginning on September 9th, and also allows for the resumpt...
Sep 04, 2020 Governor Gretchen Whitmer. (Photo courtesy of the Michigan Executive Office of the Governor).
Gov. Whitmer extends State of Emergency until Oct. 1st
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan will remain in a state of emergency into the fall season. On Thursday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer extended the State of Emergency through October 1st. According to t...
Sep 04, 2020 (Photo courtesy of the Executive Office of the Governor)
Two youths injured in Lake Michigan waters
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A rescue operation in the waters of Lake Michigan near South Haven's South Beach was conducted on Thursday afternoon. South Haven Area Emergency Services personnel were ...
Sep 03, 2020 South Haven officials remind visitors of new pier ordinance
Governor Lifts Ban on Gyms, Pools; All Prep Sports in State Back On
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - "Very soon" turned out to be 24 hours. During her latest "update regarding the state's response efforts to COVID-19" briefing on Wednesday, which was meant to a $5 billion c...
Sep 03, 2020 John Fowler / CC
