Category Archives: State News
Whitmer wants semiconductor chip plant in Michigan by the end of next year
FLINT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer wants a semiconductor chip assembly plant in Michigan by the end of 2026. She said in Flint that she wants people to "work together" to make it happe...
May 22, 2025
AUDIO: Catholics hold Mass of Thanksgiving in Kalamazoo for Pope Leo XIV
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Catholics gathered at St. Augustine Cathedral last evening in Kalamazoo to hold a Mass of Thanksgiving for Pope Leo XIV. Pope Leo is known to parishioners in west Michigan...
May 20, 2025 Catholic Diocese of Kalamazoo sign (Photo by John McNeil)
National Weather Service confirms 25 tornadoes to date in Michigan for 2025
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The National Weather Service confirms 25 tornadoes have hit Michigan so far this year, which is the most since 2010 when 27 twisters touched down. The record for the nu...
May 20, 2025 Tornado in Port Austin - Credit Mike Pruett
AG Nessel: Secretary of State Benson violated Michigan Campaign Finance Act
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says her office has concluded that Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson violated the Michigan Campaign Finance Act on January 22. That is ...
May 20, 2025 Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, attends an Election Night party, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Kalamazoo woman jailed after accident that killed a bicyclist in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 70-year-old Battle Creek man was killed in a vehicle-bicycle accident in the Urbandale neighborhood, late Sunday. Battle Creek Police responded to tye accident in the...
May 19, 2025 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Consumers Energy says 90% of customers affected by storms have power back
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -As of Sunday evening, Consumers Energy crews have restored over 90% of the nearly 287,000 customers affected by the string of tornadoes, thunderstorms and hail that swept t...
May 18, 2025
One dead and four wounded in Jackson County shooting
JACKSON, MI (WTVB) A Friday night shooting in Jackson County, left one man dead and three others critically injured. The incident occurred at 103 Lincoln Court, prompting a swift response from local p...
May 17, 2025
Calhoun County teen missing since last week spotted on a train headed to Chicago
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office has discontinued local search operations for a missing teen, following a confirmed sighting of him on a train headed to Chicago. 15-...
May 15, 2025 Glenn Lee Brown (courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office)
Over 200 animals taken from property in Cass County over neglect and cruelty concerns
HOWARD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Cass County Animal Control Officers have seized over 220 animals, after executing a search warrant for suspected animal neglect and cruelty. The animals included dog...
May 14, 2025 (courtesy Cass County Animal Control)
Judge rules Michigan's 24 hour wait before abortion Is illegal
KALAMAZOO, MI (WTVB) - Michigan Court of Claims Judge Sima Patel has ruled the state's 24-hour waiting period for women seeking an abortion is illegal as it conflicts with the 2022 voter-approved cons...
May 14, 2025 HayDmitriy / Depositphotos.com
