Category Archives: State News
Ascension Hospitals initiate flu protocols
UNDATED (WKZO AM/FM) — It's been a relatively mild flu season in Michigan, but now that the Michigan Department of Health has determined the bug is now wide spread in the state, the Ascension Ho...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 05, 2019
Police locate truck in attempted kidnapping case
OSSEO, MI (WTVB) -Based on a tip they got from the public, the Hillsdale County Sheriff's Department says they now have in possession the suspect vehicle from the attempted abduction of a 24-year-old ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 05, 2019
Kalamazoo music festival sparks legitimacy concerns
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — A small “Fyre Festival” scam is apparently happening in Kalamazoo County. WOOD TV-8 is reporting that a music festival called “Meeting of the Minds...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 05, 2019
Sentencing today for Kalamazoo's Uber killer
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Barring any delays, Kalamazoo's Uber killer will be sentenced this morning. Judge Alexander Lipsey will be required by Michigan law to give Jason Dalton life without...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 05, 2019
Icy Road Blamed for Friday's Fatal Crash
OTTAWA COUNTY (WHTC-AM/FM) — Ottawa County sheriff’s deputies are blaming slick roads for a fatal Hudsonville crash Saturday night. Eldon Bylsma, 76, died on I-196 after losing control of ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 04, 2019
Here come the potholes
MICHIGAN (WKZO AM/FM) — Last week's big freeze is being followed by a big thaw that began Saturday and has slowly been melting away the snow ever since. — POTHOLES — But just because...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 04, 2019
Suspected killer escapes and is recaptured
HOUSTON (WKZO AM/FM) — An extremely dangerous suspected killer with connections to west Michigan escaped during transport to Texas. He has since been recaptured. 44-year-old Cedric Marks, a mixe...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 04, 2019
Wild car chase leaves two police cruisers damaged
CONSTANTINE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — A man who police say intentionally slammed into two police cruisers escaping a traffic stop in Constantine now faces felony charges in two states, after a high spe...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 04, 2019
Michigan Democrats have a new Party Chair
DETROIT (WKZO AM/FM) — Michigan's Democrats have promoted Lavora Barnes of Ann Arbor to be the Chair of the State Party at their weekend convention in Detroit. She has been the Chief Operating O...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 03, 2019
Battle Creek Jail escapee recaptured in Lansing
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO AM/FM) — An escapee from the Calhoun County Corrections Center is back in custody after getting all the way to the State Capital. They say 43-year-old Edwin Lamarr Walker was ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 03, 2019




