Category Archives: State News
Valley Township Fire Kills One
ALLEGAN COUNTY (WHTC-AM/FM) — A Valley Township man died in an early morning fire, according to a report from Allegan County Sheriff’s Office. The house fire, on 117th Ave. near 43rd St. i...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 28, 2019
President Trump rally in Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO AM/FM) — If you plan to attend the Trump rally in Grand Rapids Thursday evening or just travel anywhere near Van Andel Arena, be prepared for lots of traffic. Some road closur...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 28, 2019
Winning ticket sold in Wisconsin for U.S. Powerball $768 million lottery jackpot
By Rich McKay (Reuters) – A winning ticket was sold in Wisconsin for a $768 million Powerball lottery jackpot, the third largest in history, lottery officials said after the draw on Wednesday ni...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 28, 2019
Man drives into pond in Cass County
CASS COUNTY (WKZO AM/FM) — A man who had a medical problem and pulled off M-40 and directly into a pond had to be fished out by a passerby and then his vehicle was pulled out by a tow truck. Cas...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 27, 2019
Otsego testing for contaminants from paper plant
OTSEGO (WKZO AM/FM) — MDEQ officials have begun testing the soil around the former Menasha Corporation's Otsego Paper Mill and in fields where paper sludge and fly ash from the plant were dumped...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 27, 2019
Governor orders up PFAS research and seeks funds
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Governor Gretchen Whitmer is moving on the PFAS issue asking the Legislature for supplemental funding for PFAS research and remediation efforts. That could include e...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 27, 2019
Child porn ring member gets 50-140 years in prison
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — It was sentencing day Monday for a member of a child porn ring charged in Calhoun County with a sexual assault on a 3-month old baby and a 3-year-old girl. 31-yea...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 26, 2019
Kalamazoo bank robber evades capture
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Kalamazoo Public Safety and the FBI are teaming up to bust the bank robber who held up the Old National Bank branch on Portage Street early Monday afternoon. Public Safe...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 26, 2019
Woman leaps from moving vehicle
SOUTH HAVEN (WKZO AM/FM) — Michigan State Police say a 27-year-old woman from South Haven suffered serious injuries when she jumped from a moving car at about 9:00 last night in Geneva Township....
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 26, 2019
Governor campaigns for budget in Portage
PORTAGE (WKZO AM/FM) — Governor Gretchen Whitmer made several stops during her afternoon in Portage yesterday, starting with a book reading at Portage's 12th Street Elementary School. Then she h...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 26, 2019




