Category Archives: State News
It's the 62nd Mackinac Bridgewalk!
MACKINAC BRIDGE (WKZO AM/FM) – The 62nd annual Mackinac Bridge Walk is set for Labor Day. The event has been a staple at the iconic Michigan landmark since it opened on November 1, 1957. Because...
Sep 01, 2019
Ford announces recall of over a half million vehicles
DETROIT (WKZO AM/FM) – Ford is recalling more than 550,000 trucks and SUVs in North America because seat backs may not properly restrain people in a crash. The recall covers certain 2018 through...
Aug 31, 2019
Good and not-so-good news about the M-STEP
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) – According to data from the Michigan Department of Education, elementary students improved test scores in English and mathematics. Michigan Student Test of Educational Prog...
Aug 31, 2019
Consumers Energy crews heading to Florida
JACKSON, MI (WTVB) – Consumers Energy will be sending over 60 of its employees to Florida this weekend in advance of Hurricane Dorian. The Consumers employees will be working with the host utili...
Aug 31, 2019
Motor Carrier Officer unhurt after being hit on I-94
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) – A Michigan State Police Motor Carrier Officer escaped injury Thursday night when his patrol vehicle was rear ended on westbound I-94 near Beadle Lake Road near Battle C...
Aug 30, 2019
UPDATE: Three injured in shooting near WMU; suspect at large
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — More details are being released on an early morning shooting near Western Michigan University’s campus. Kalamazoo Public Safety officers were called to the int...
Aug 30, 2019
Former State Rep. Courser to be sentenced after no contest plea
UNDATED (WKZO AM/FM) – Former state Representative Todd Courser is facing up to a year in jail or a fine of up to one-thousand dollars after he pleaded guilty to willful neglect of duty by a pub...
Aug 29, 2019
Not thinking about winter? You might want to
UNDATED (WKZO AM/FM) – Apparently a frosty winter is on the way. According to predictions in the Farmers’ Almanac, the coming winter season will provide a “polar coaster” of fr...
Aug 29, 2019
Poll shows President Trump behind in Michigan
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) – A new statewide poll shows the top four democratic candidates for president could unseat Donald Trump. EPIC-MRA says of the 600 Michigan voters it surveyed last week, they...
Aug 29, 2019
Man arrested for shooting at neighbor's cat
SOMMERSET TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) – A 68-year-old man was booked at the Hillsdale County Jail Wednesday after he was accused of shooting a firearm at his neighbor's cat. While they were on general p...
Aug 29, 2019
