Category Archives: State News
Power restoration efforts move into Day Three
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Consumers Energy says as the sun dawned on Saturday, that about 77,000 customers were still without power after this week's ice storms, down from the 231-thousand...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 09, 2019
Speed a factor in fatal crash in Cass County
PORTER TOWNSHIP (WKZO AM/FM) — An Elkhart, Indiana man was killed when he lost control of his SUV on Sunset Boulevard in Cass County and slammed into a large tree at about 10:30 Friday night. De...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 09, 2019
Whitmer backers fined for campaign violation
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — A group that bought ads supporting Governor Gretchen WHitmer has been slapped with a $37,500 fine for a campaign violation. The group Build a Better Michigan spent $2.4-mi...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 09, 2019
Battle Creek firefighter injured on the job
BATTLE CREEK,MI (WKZO AM/FM) — A Battle Creek firefighter is being treated for a minor back injury after fire crews were called to put out a fire in a home at 101 North Broad Street early Friday...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 09, 2019
Milk spilled all over road as vehicle hits buggy
CALIFORNIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) – A two vehicle collision involving an Amish milk wagon covered the intersection of Ray-Quincy and Brown Roads in Branch County’s California Township with sp...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 08, 2019
Colleagues pay tribute to Congressman Dingell
WASHINGTON D.C. (WTVB) – Former Democratic Congressman John Dingell of Dearborn, who served in the U.S. House longer than anyone else in history, died Thursday at the age of 92. His death came a...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 08, 2019
Meth and cash seized in Galesburg raid
GALESBURG (WKZO AM/FM) — A drug investigation in the Galesburg area has resulted in a large seizure of cash and crystal methamphetamine. They were apparently acting on a tip and let a K-9 team l...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 07, 2019
John Dingell, longest-serving member of U.S. Congress, dead at 92
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – John Dingell, a gruff Michigan Democrat who entered the U.S. House of Representatives in 1955 to finish his late father’s term and became a legislative heavyweight a...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 07, 2019
Massive outages cripple Grand Rapids area
JACKSON (WKZO AM/FM) — Consumers Energy says its dealing with a moving target, trying to restore power to the tens of thousands of people in Mid-Michigan who remain in the dark, some since Wedne...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 07, 2019
Fox TV Report Gives Michigan's UP to Canada
Editor’s note: The first version of this story indicated the TV station was in Wisconsin. In fact, the story was produced by a Chicago-based correspondent and used by Fox network affiate station...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 07, 2019




