Category Archives: State News
Friday: High Wind Saturday: Snow
WEST MICHIGAN (WHTC-AM/FM) — Meteorologists in the National Weather Service office in Grand Rapids have issued a wind advisory, in effect from noon unil midnight Friday, April 26, 2019. Winds co...
Apr 26, 2019
Civil Asset Forfeiture reforms clear legislature
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The Michigan House and Senate have given nearly unanimous approval for legislation that imposes new restrictions on the use of civil asset forfeiture by police agencie...
Apr 26, 2019
Saturday is Drug Take Back Day
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Saturday is National Drug Take Back Day and health and law enforcement officials are working together to get surplus prescription drugs off the streets of Southwest Mich...
Apr 26, 2019
Judges order Michigan to redraw its districts
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — In a bombshell decision, federal judges are ordering the State of Michigan to redraw legislative Districts before the 2020 election. The three judge panel says the leg...
Apr 26, 2019
Growing a Greenhouse at Holland Middle School
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — A simple theme of teamwork formed the underpinning of a 9-month project conceived by Holland Middle School STEM teacher Bill Boerman — who helped his students plan a...
Apr 25, 2019
West Michigan Farmers Say Nebraska Needs More Help
WEST MICHIGAN (WHTC-AM/FM) — West Michigan farmers who spent Easter weekend hauling donations of cash and supplies to Nebraska farms devastated by recent storms say the help needs to continue. K...
Apr 25, 2019
Senate's "Raise the Age" legislation moves forward
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — The Michigan Senate has approved "Raise the Age" legislation on a nearly unanimous vote, and sent it to the State House, where similar bills have already cleared Committee...
Apr 25, 2019
New map hopes to end opioid overdose trends
UNDATED (WKZO AM/FM) — Michigan State Police are joining a number of local police and health agencies using a federally created computer mapping system to track opioid overdoses. It's called ODM...
Apr 25, 2019
Michigan traffic deaths down in 2018
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — For the first time in three years, traffic deaths fell in Michigan in 2018. 974 people were killed on Michigan’s roadways last year, which dropped from the 1,028 dea...
Apr 25, 2019
Attorney General fines gyms for business practices
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — Family Fitness Centers in West Michigan have been ordered to pay a $220,000 fine by Michigan's Attorney General following a consent judgement after the firm was sued for v...
Apr 25, 2019
