Category Archives: State News
Recreational cannabis sales lower in April compared to March
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - Michigan's recreational cannabis sales for April were lower than March as prices continue to get lower. Total sales in the state were $270 million compared to $276 million in Marc...
May 14, 2025
AAA Michigan predicts near-record travel in the state for Memorial Day weekend
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Nearly 1.3 million from Michigan plan to travel at least 50 miles from home for the Memorial Day weekend. AAA Michigan says the projection is the second-highest on record a...
May 12, 2025 wastesoul / Depositphotos.com
Poll finds 83% of Michiganders don't want Medicaid cuts
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new poll by EPIC-MRA has found 83-percent of Michigan residents want Medicaid spending to either be increased or stay the same. The poll comes as Congressional Republicans...
May 12, 2025 chrisdorney / Depositphotos.com
Tate joins race for U.S. Senate seat
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - A lawmaker from Detroit is joining the crowded field of Democrats vying for the battleground state's open Senate seat, one of the most critical races as the party aims to regain a...
May 12, 2025 Michigan State Representative Joe Tate of Detroit
WMed to host SimWars Competition next Wednesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine will welcome resident doctors from across the state on Wednesday for the Michigan College of Emergency Phys...
May 09, 2025 (courtesy Western Michigan University)
Whitmer says she is not ready to force state employees back to offices
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer says she is not ready yet to bring all state employees back to in-person work. Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall does want that, but Whitmer says sh...
May 09, 2025 State of Michigan seal
Kildee resigns from state Natural Resource Commission
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Congressman Dan Kildee has resigned from his post with the Michigan Natural Resource Commission after just three months. He was replaced as chair of the commission by...
May 09, 2025 Michigan Department of Natural Resources logo
AUDIO: Mistrial declared in former GRPD officer Christopher Schurr's second-degree murder trial
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The second-degree murder trial of former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr has ended in a mistrial. He was charged with killing Patrick Lyoya in a traffic ...
May 08, 2025 Patrick Lyoya is shown in body cam footage from a City of Grand Rapids police office (courtesy of Grand Rapids Police Department)
Man convicted of aggravated stalking, home invasion of Eminem
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 32-year-old man has been found guilty of first-degree home invasion and aggravated stalking after being seen invading Eminem's home in Clinton Township in August....
May 08, 2025
Van Buren County man claims April 23 Lotto 47 jackpot
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man from Van Buren County has claimed his $5.46 million win from the Michigan Lottery for the Lotto 47 drawing from April 23. The 43-year-old bought the ticket at the Spee...
May 07, 2025
