Category Archives: State News
Travel Michigan study finds one in 17 jobs touched by tourism
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A study released by Travel Michigan has found one in every 17 jobs in the state are touched in some way by the tourism industry. Officials say tourism steadily increased fro...
Jul 30, 2025
Walmart stabbing suspect spent a year at Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital
TRAVERSE CITY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The suspect in the stabbing of eleven people at a Walmart near Traverse City on Saturday has a lengthy criminal and mental health history. Bradford Gille was charged n...
Jul 29, 2025 Mike Mozart / CC
Michigan's average gas price up 8-cents in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's average gas price is up eight-cents a gallon to start the week at $3.23. Triple-A Michigan says the prices is seven-cents less than last month and down 56-cents ...
Jul 28, 2025
11 injured in mass stabbing at Traverse City Walmart
TRAVERSE CITY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - At least 11 people were stabbed at a Walmart in Traverse City Saturday, leaving six in critical condition, in what the sheriff said appeared to be a random act. A susp...
Jul 26, 2025 Mike Mozart / CC
Senate Leader Nesbitt the latest to announce a multi-million dollar war chest for governor's race
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The same day that Detroit mayor and independent candidate for governor Mike Duggan announced he has raised $3.2 million toward his campaign, Republican Senate Leader Aric Ne...
Jul 25, 2025 State Senator Aric Nesbitt, R-Lawton. (Photo courtesy Michigan Senate Republicans).
Benson and Gilchrist generating big bucks in race to replace Whitmer as Michigan's governor
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Even though the primary election isn't until next August, the race for governor in Michigan is generating big money already. Current Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announ...
Jul 24, 2025 iqoncept / Depositphotos.com
Report: UFL to relocate Michigan Panthers, three other teams
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Panthers are among four teams in the UFL that are reportedly going to relocate for 2026. Pro Football Newsroom reports the spring football league will also do a...
Jul 24, 2025 Michigan Panthers helmet
Radioactive waste from Manhattan Project won't come to Michigan
WAYNE COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Wayne County Executive Warren Evans says radioactive waste from the Manhattan Project is not going to be deposited at a Van Buren Township landfill. The U.S. Army Corps...
Jul 24, 2025 Nicolas Raymond / CC
South Bend man charged with killing girlfriend in Berrien County
NILES TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 33-year-old Rene Alvarado of South Bend, Indiana is charged with open murder in the shooting death Monday of 29-year-old Courtney Hershberger at her home in Niles Tow...
Jul 24, 2025 Best Law
Congressman Bill Huizenga passes on U.S. Senate run
ZEELAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 4th District Republican Congressman Bill Huizenga has ended months of speculation, announcing Wednesday that he has decided not to run for the U.S. Senate in Michigan Huizen...
Jul 23, 2025 Representative Bill Huizenga
