Category Archives: State News
Senate passes Lucido's "Forfeiture Bill"
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The Michigan State Senate has passed its first bill of the session. It would strip police agencies of their ability to seize the property of criminal suspects until th...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 14, 2019
Nessel asked to review minimum wage, sick pay laws
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is being requested to issue a formal opinion on whether the State Legislature had the authority to water down two citizen initiat...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 14, 2019
McCann challenges legislation on environmental regulations
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Kalamazoo State Senator Sean McCann is proposing legislation that would scrap a bill approved by the legislature and signed by Former Governor Snyder just before he le...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 14, 2019
Tulip Time Announces Klompen Garden artists
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Tulip Time Festival has published a list of selected artists for the Klompen Garden, a public art project celebrating the 90th Tulip Time Festival. Klompen Garden will sho...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 14, 2019
Valentine's Day: scams, studies, & statistics
UNDATED (WKZO AM/FM) — Love is in the air, and so are the scams especially as online, long-distance dating becomes more and more popular. — ROMANCE SCAM — The Better Business Bureau ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 14, 2019
Frozen Lakes, Rivers: Alluring, Dangerous
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — The Polar Votex, along with general winter conditions has iced over most area rives and many lakes. The Grand Traverse Bay has been iced over for more than 24 hours, somet...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 14, 2019
Governor Whitmer delivers first State of the State
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer once again called for bipartisan cooperation, and she is going to need it, if she hopes to get the ambitious agenda she laid out dur...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 13, 2019
UPDATE: Suspected carjacker brought in from the cold
ALLEGAN (WKZO AM/FM) — Allegan Police say a two hour stand-off with an armed carjacker ended when the suspect got cold. It began Tuesday afternoon when the suspect hijacked a work van owned by a...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 13, 2019
WMU closing its Florida satellite
PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA (WKZO AM/FM) — It seemed like a good idea at the time but WMU has decided to close its Aviation School in Punta Gorda, Florida after the plans just never came together. Curr...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 13, 2019
Booze Ban on Some Michigan Rivers Delayed
MICHIGAN (WHTC-AM/FM) — Just last week, the U.S. Forest Service officials overseeing portions of the AuSable, Manistee, and Pine National Wild and Scenic Rivers proposed a ban on alcoholic bever...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 13, 2019




