Category Archives: State News
Family seeks help to bury Oshtemo woman
GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO AM/FM) — Grand Rapids Police have released very little information about the actual death of Ashley Young, the Oshtemo woman who was just confirmed as the woman found dismembe...
localnews@mwcradio.com Dec 09, 2018
Guns Stolen from Graafschap Hardware Store
ALLEGAN COUNTY (WHTC-AM/FM) — The owners of Graafschap Hardware and the shop’s gunsmith are making a public appeal to be alert for a collection of guns stolen from the Allegan County shop....
localnews@mwcradio.com Dec 09, 2018
U-M Hoodie Robber Strikes Again
OTTAWA COUNTY (WHTC-AM/FM) — Minutes before 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, 2018 a masked gunman enters the Cash Store, 7507 Cottonwood Drive in Jenison, flashing a handgun at the only people present, tw...
localnews@mwcradio.com Dec 08, 2018
Kalamazoo murder suspect pleads to lesser charge
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — A Kalamazoo Man has cut a deal with prosecutors to avoid facing a jury and risking getting life for the shooting death of 23-year-old Tykarri Lucas. Police claim that th...
localnews@mwcradio.com Dec 08, 2018
Latest West Michigan economic outlook shows slowdown coming
KALAMAZOO, MI (WTVB) – It's been a tough financial week with the stock market losing over 1400 points and here in Michigan, the auto industry reporting a dip in November sales for every automake...
localnews@mwcradio.com Dec 08, 2018
Kalamazoo protestors take on State Legislative "power grab"
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Kalamazoo has seen its share of protests this year, but most of them have been directed at issues coming out of Washington. Saturday a protest is planned to oppose a ser...
localnews@mwcradio.com Dec 08, 2018
Victims in fatal White Pigeon fire identified
Authorities in White Pigeon have released the name of the pregnant woman and her young son who died in a devastating house fire early Tuesday morning. They say 35-year-old Jessica Gould and 7-year-old...
localnews@mwcradio.com Dec 08, 2018
Grand Rapids Police confirm I.D. of victim in grisly murder
GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO AM/FM) — Grand Rapids Police are now confirming that the dismembered and mutilated body found in various parts of Grand Rapids home last weekend belonged to a missing woman fr...
localnews@mwcradio.com Dec 07, 2018
Remains Identified as Missing Oshtemo Twp. Woman
UNDATED (WHTC=AM/FM) — In a tweet Friday evening, the Grand Rapids Police Department announced the dreaded, but expected, truth: DNA has positively identified the remains found in the Grand Rapi...
localnews@mwcradio.com Dec 07, 2018
Holland Native, Pearl Harbor Survivor Frank Verano, 1918-2018
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — On this 77th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 2018, it seems fitting to remember the long and interesting life of Holland native Frank Verano. H...
localnews@mwcradio.com Dec 07, 2018




