Category Archives: State News

GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The trial is now underway for Jared Chance, the Grand Rapids man accused of murdering and dismembering the body of 31-year-old Ashley Young of Oshtemo. The jury i...

UNDATED, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — As lawmakers are beginning closer investigations of vaping and E-Cigarette use, one company is reminding citizens of the dangers of huffing. "Huffing" is when someone ...

UNDATED, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — A crackdown against the Juul E-cigarette company was announced Monday by the FDA for misleading claims in its advertising. The FDA claims that Juul, one of the most po...

LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined with 49 other AG's in an antitrust investigation against Google. According to an official press release, the investiga...

LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Seven Michigan school districts are set to receive 17 new electric school buses as part of an effort to support cleaner environments and healthier students. According ...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Playing with play-dough and meeting with students, Governor Gretchen Whitmer had a chance to see how Kalamazoo RESA’s Pre-K Head Start Program helps young chil...

LANSING, MI (WTVB) – State Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey is confident a budget solution will be found in Lansing before an October 1, 2019 deadline, and says that there is no partial state...

LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Republican leaders and Governor Whitmer are reportedly working on a state budget without including a road funding plan. In a written statement Monday morning, the gove...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The Grand Rapids man accused of killing and dismembering the body of an Oshtemo woman is now heading to trial. 30-year-old Jared Chance rejected a plea offer Mond...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The Center for Disease Control and the Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department is confirming one dealth linked to a case of a severe mosquito-borne...