Category Archives: State News
Gov. Whitmer dials back indoor bar service
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) — Governor Gretchen Whitmer has halted indoor bar service throughout most of lower Michigan, signing Executive Order 2020-143. The exceptions are Regions 6 and 8 —...
Jul 01, 2020
Tips for warding off Michigan's Fourth of July heatwave
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) — The Fourth of July holiday heat wave has officials from Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division (MSP/EMHSD) urging residents to prep...
Jul 01, 2020
MI Treasury: Ignore and delete "Unclaimed Property" text messages
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The Michigan Department of Treasury is warning Michigan citizens about a new text message scam that concerns the prospect of reuniting individuals with their unclaimed...
Jul 01, 2020
Expiration of driver's licenses, state ID cards, vehicle registrations extended to Sept. 30
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Wednesday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation extending renewal dates for driver's licenses, CDLs, state ID cards and vehicle registrations. Under this order...
Jul 01, 2020
Charles Pickett Jr. appeal denied by State Supreme Court
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The Michigan Supreme Court has announced that an appeal in the Charles Pickett Jr. case has been denied. In 2018, 53-year-old Charles Pickett Jr. was found guilty on...
Jul 01, 2020
Governor, Senate Leader Remain at Odds
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - It's a case of "he said, she said" going on in the state Capitol between Michigan's top elected state official and the leading elected official from the opposite political p...
Jul 01, 2020
Governor says Phase 5 by July 4 is not going to happen
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – While many had hoped for a loosening of COVD-19 restrictions for most of the Lower Peninsula by the Fourth of July holiday weekend, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says as of now, tha...
Jun 30, 2020
Governor asks MHSAA to consider moving fall sports to spring
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – While many teams have been making plans to get back to summer training, the future of high school sports in Michigan this fall remains very much up in the air. At her press ...
Jun 30, 2020
Gov. Whitmer releases plan on reopening Michigan's schools
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Governor Gretchen Whitmer is unveiling her plan on how Michigan’s schools will return to the classroom this fall, but there are many scenarios and moving parts t...
Jun 30, 2020
One of three arraigned in death of teen at Lakeside Academy
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — One of the three people charged in the death of a teen boy at a youth home in Kalamazoo has now been formally charged. Around 10 a.m. Tuesday, 28-year-old Zachary So...
Jun 30, 2020
