Category Archives: State News
Plea entered In Ottawa County road rage case
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man is facing years in prison for a road rage incident near Allendale that left one person dead. Ethan Oosterhouse pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter count...
May 28, 2025 outchill / Depositphotos.com
Michigan debates roadside saliva testing for drugged driving
LANSING, MI (WTVB)- Michigan lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow police to conduct roadside saliva tests on drivers suspected of drugged driving. Supporters say the move could help preve...
May 27, 2025
Trump administration orders Michigan coal plant to stay open despite closure plans
OTTAWA COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The Trump administration is ordering Consumers Energy to keep its J.H. Campbell coal plant running through the summer, just weeks before its planned closure. Energy Secretar...
May 27, 2025
DNR cautioning people about northern Michigan ice storm damage
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is cautioning people heading to northern Michigan this weekend to be prepared for tree damage from the March ice storm. The DNR ...
May 23, 2025 Jon Evans / CC
Michigan House approves two bills banning transgender girls from female sports
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two controversial bills that ban transgender girls from playing female sports in school have been approved by the Michigan House. One bill passed with a strictly party-line ...
May 23, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Kent County prosecutor won't retry former Grand Rapids police officer after mistrial
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker says former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr will not be retried for the shooting death in April 2022 of Patrick Lyoya...
May 23, 2025 Photo from the Grand Rapids Police Department's Facebook page.
Police share details about Mackinac Bridge chase, arrest
ST. IGNACE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police are sharing details about a chase over the Mackinac Bridge and a carjacking Monday. The Emmet County Sheriff's Office says 27-year-old Jack Maibach of Northville w...
May 22, 2025
Ingham County Clerk announces run for Secretary Of State in 2026
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum is running for the Democratic nomination for Secretary of State. Byrum is 47 and previously served in the state House, and her mother Dianne i...
May 22, 2025 Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum (courtesy Ingham County Clerk's Office)
Whitmer wants semiconductor chip plant in Michigan by the end of next year
FLINT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer wants a semiconductor chip assembly plant in Michigan by the end of 2026. She said in Flint that she wants people to "work together" to make it happe...
May 22, 2025
AUDIO: Catholics hold Mass of Thanksgiving in Kalamazoo for Pope Leo XIV
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Catholics gathered at St. Augustine Cathedral last evening in Kalamazoo to hold a Mass of Thanksgiving for Pope Leo XIV. Pope Leo is known to parishioners in west Michigan...
May 20, 2025 Catholic Diocese of Kalamazoo sign (Photo by John McNeil)
