Category Archives: State News
Former Kalamazoo area priest among 5 charged in sex abuse case
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Attorney General Dana Nessel is filing sexual assault charges against 5 priests, including one from Kalamazoo. During a news conference in Lansing Friday morning Nesse...
May 24, 2019
Lawmakers reach auto insurance deal
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Governor Gretchen Whitmer says they have an auto insurance deal. She made that announcement Friday morning as the House and Senate met to take action on the deal. The ...
May 24, 2019
Whitmer Says 'We Have a No-Fault Deal'
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced this morning, May 24, 2019, she has cut a deal with legislative leaders on auto no-fault insurance reform, according to MIRS News. The ...
May 24, 2019
LARA shuts down Battle Creek funeral home
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Due to what the State of Michigan says are irregularities in prepaid funeral contracts, the State has ordered the Royal Funeral Home of Battle Creek to shut down ...
May 24, 2019
One Dead After Electrocution Incident
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Cass County Sheriff Richard J Behnke confirmed in a social media post that his office is investigating a fatality at Sparks Cedarlee Farms in Penn Township. Just after 9:3...
May 24, 2019
Dismembered body discovered in Sturgis apartment; man arrested
STURGIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — A Sturgis man is facing open murder and dismemberment charges after police discovered he was storing a woman’s body in his apartment for weeks. Officers were dis...
May 24, 2019
Nessel calls lame duck ballot petition measure "unconstitutional"
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Attorney General Dana Nessel says the lame duck law regarding ballot drives is unconstitutional. On Wednesday she issued an opinion on the requirement passed last year...
May 23, 2019
Hope Psychology Students Win Regional Research Award
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — A student-faculty collaborative research project earned a regional award for excellence from the Midwestern chapter of Psi Chi - The International Honor Society in Psychol...
May 23, 2019
UPDATE: Advisory lifted for Sunset Lake beach in Vicksburg
VICKSBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department has lifted the advisory for Sunset Lake after E. Coli tests results came back safe. — Origional S...
May 22, 2019
Ottawa County CERT Training in June
OTTAWA COUNTY (WHTC-AM/FM) — The Ottawa County Community Emergency Response Team, known as CERT, will be offering their 24-hour CERT basic training course over a span of three Saturdays in June....
May 22, 2019
