Category Archives: State News
Embattled prosecutor to step down January 1
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Ralph Kimble has agreed to resign as Branch County Prosecutor after working out an agreement with the State of Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission which included a six ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Nov 30, 2018
Scam Warnings
OTTAWA COUNTY (WHTC-AM/FM) — Email, phone, and even letters are being used to lure unsuspecting people into sharing account numbers, passwords, or cold cash. Ottawa County Sheriff Steve Kempker ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Nov 30, 2018
George Perles Resigns from MSU Board
MICHIGAN (WHTC-AM/FM) — George Perles resigned from the Michigan State University Board of Trustees, announcing his decision in a letter to Board of Trustees President Brian Breslin on Nov. 29, ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Nov 29, 2018
Sturgis Hospital to eliminate services, cut 60 jobs
STURGIS, MI (WTVB) – Sturgis Hospital has announced a reorganization plan that includes the closing of its obstetric services. In addition, hospice services will no longer be provided and the On...
localnews@mwcradio.com Nov 29, 2018
Oakland University arming students with hockey pucks
ROCHESTER HILLS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Oakland University has a message for would be mass killers..."fear the hockey puck.” While some have been critical of the idea of using a thrown hockey p...
localnews@mwcradio.com Nov 29, 2018
Michigan-based firm debuts electric pickup truck
LOS ANGELES (WKZO AM/FM) — Some may say the future of the auto industry is electric vehicles that drive themselves, but for now it seems to be all about SUV's and pickup trucks. A Michigan-based...
localnews@mwcradio.com Nov 29, 2018
Florida man jailed for installing skimmers at Michigan gas stations
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The ringleader of a group of criminals that installed card-skimming devices in gas pumps, in Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids and Lansing to steal credit card numbers has ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Nov 29, 2018
Lame Duck flying through bills
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — A State House committee has sent to the full House a package of bills that would raise the age a teenager can be tried as an adult from 17 to 18. Sponsor Peter Lucido ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Nov 29, 2018
Michigan Senate guts minimum wage and sick pay initiatives
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The Republican majority in the State Senate is wasting no time pushing forward their most controversial pieces of lame duck legislation, essentially gutting voter init...
localnews@mwcradio.com Nov 29, 2018
O'Brien rumored to become Secretary of Senate
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Margaret O'Brien may still be making the commute to Lansing even after she leaves office, if reports turnout to be correct. MIRS News is reporting that O'Brien, who wa...
localnews@mwcradio.com Nov 29, 2018




