Category Archives: State News
Michigan's "mild to wild" winter weather continues
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The weather rollercoaster is about to take another white knuckle drop. A Winter Weather Advisory goes into effect at 12 noon Thursday until 7:00 p.m. Friday for Kala...
Jan 24, 2019
Soldier from West Michigan killed while training
BLOOMINGDALE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The family of a Bloomingdale man says they are working to bring his body back for burial after he died in a military training accident in Otero County, New Mexico...
Jan 24, 2019
Holland Township Stabbing Seriously Injures Holland Man
HOLLAND TOWNSHIP (WHTC-AM/FM) — Ottawa County Sheriff’s detectives are investigating a stabbing in the 700 block of Butternut Drive in Holland Township, just after 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan...
Jan 23, 2019
UPDATE: Couple dies from carbon monoxide but baby survives
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — A young Branch County couple has died but somehow their baby survived a night in a home filled with deadly carbon monoxide. Sgt. Todd Elliott says they recorded t...
Jan 23, 2019
Two from Branch Co dead from carbon monoxide
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) – Two young people from Branch County were found dead of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning Wednesday morning in a home on Southwest Capital Avenue in Battle Creek in wha...
Jan 23, 2019
Alleged ISIS recruits detained at airport
GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO AM/FM) — The government may be shut down but someone was still doing their job. When three Lansing area men arrived at Gerald R. Ford Airport to send one of them off to join t...
Jan 23, 2019
Fatal crash in Cass County
MILTON TOWNSHIP (WKZO AM/FM) — A man from Niles has been killed in a three car head-on collision in Cass County. Deputies aren't saying why 31-year-old Ryon Koth lost control of his vehicle and ...
Jan 23, 2019
Battle Creek considers ban on driving while phoning
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO AM/FM) — The Battle Creek City Commission has voted unanimously to consider an ordinance that would give city officers authority to ticket drivers who use handheld cell phones...
Jan 23, 2019
Victims identified in Hartford fatal crash; Benton Harbor man arrested
VAN BUREN COUNTY (WKZO AM/FM) — A Benton Harbor man is being held on half a million dollars bond for a misdemeanor charge in Van Buren County, but it's a little more complicated than that. 23-ye...
Jan 23, 2019
Freezing rain causing crashes, slide-offs & school closings
SOUTHWEST MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Freezing rain is mostly to blame for a large number of crashes, slide offs, and cancellations Tuesday evening and into Wednesday morning. A Metro Bus flipped onto its...
Jan 23, 2019
