Category Archives: State News
FBI arrests second University Of Michigan scholar from China in smuggling investigation
ANN ARBOR, MI (WTVB) - A second Chinese scholar at the University of Michigan has been arrested by the FBI as they investigate illegal smuggling of biological material to the U.S. The woman is charged...
Jun 10, 2025
Senator Nesbitt, Secretary of State Benson clash over Trump's militarization in L.A.
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two Michigan gubernatorial candidates in 2026 are speaking out on opposite sides in President Trump's deployment of troops in Los Angeles to try to quell immigration protest...
Jun 10, 2025 Former President Donald Trump in Grand Rapids, MI April 2, 2024
VIDEO Driver crashes Into MSP cruiser In Berrien County
BERRIEN COUNTY, MI (WTVB)- A 33-year-old man from Missouri is in the Berrien County Jail after he crashed into a Michigan State Police trooper's cruiser along Interstate 94 in Berrien County Saturday ...
Jun 09, 2025
AUDIO: Kalamazoo mayor, others urge Michigan's congressional delegation to defend clean energy investments as reconciliation debate intensifies
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Mayor David Anderson, state Senator Shawn McCann, state Representative Julie Rogers, Alamo Solar business development manager Michael Cooper, and Craig Farms Kat...
Jun 06, 2025
Governor Whitmer holds roundtable talk at WMU about possible Medicaid cuts
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Whitmer hosted a roundtable discussion yesterday at Western Michigan University to lay out the results of possible large funding cuts to Medicaid. The U.S. House ...
Jun 06, 2025 Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer at a news conference in Taiwan March 4, 2024 (courtesy Focus Taiwan)
Free Fishing Weekend in Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -The second of two Free Fishing Weekends is this Saturday and Sunday June 7 and 8 in Michigan. That means that no fishing license is required for residents or out-of-state vis...
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Consumers Energy seeking $436 million rate hike; AG Nessel opposed
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy wants to charge us more for our power. The utility was approved recently for a $154 million rate hike, and they are now asking the Michigan Public Service...
Jun 05, 2025
Canadian wildfire smoke creates hazardous breathing conditions in Upper Peninsula
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WTVB)- Canadian wildfire smoke is creating hazardous air quality in parts of the northern U.S. Air quality alerts are being posted from Nebraska to Michigan, where the U.S. is downwi...
Jun 04, 2025
Governor declares state of emergency for Allegan County
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer has declared a state of emergency for Allegan County as a result of the May 15th storms that produced two tornadoes in the county. The move allows ...
Jun 04, 2025
State wants answers to $1 million worth of missing liquor
LANSING, MI (WTVB)- Nearly $1 million worth of alcohol is unaccounted for by the State of Michigan. It's after an audit found the state-run distribution system was more than 60,000 bottles short durin...
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