Category Archives: State News
Senate looks to change minimum wage and sick pay
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – The Republican majority in the Michigan Senate has pushed through bills essentially gutting voter initiatives that would mandate sick pay and raise the minimum wage. R...
Nov 29, 2018
Lawmaker hopes to repeal bottle deposit law
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – State residents have paid a dime deposit on every bottle of pop and beer since 1976, but a southeast Michigan state representative says the law is outdated and is hurting ov...
Nov 29, 2018
Saugatuck Chain Ferry Management Deregulated
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, on Wednesday applauded the Senate’s passage of Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018. One element Upton included in the package d...
Nov 29, 2018
Giving Tuesday: ways to help
UNDATED (WKZO AM/FM) — After days of buying at big retailers, small businesses, and online websites, Tuesday is all about giving. Giving Tuesday is a global day of using your time, talents, or t...
Nov 27, 2018
Community Action House Provides 854 Thanksgiving Baskets to Local Families
EDITOR’S NOTE: The headline of this story was corrected to reflect the accurate number of gift baskets distributed. HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Community Action House announced 2,898 individual...
Nov 26, 2018
Fugitive found hiding in crawlspace
LAWRENCE (WKZO AM/FM) — A tip about a couple of wanted fugitives and some persistence paid off for Van Buren County Deputies Saturday night when they went to a home in the 56,000 block of 56th S...
Nov 25, 2018
Deputies suspect alcohol in crash that caused injuries
CASS COUNTY (WKZO AM/FM) — Alcohol may have been a factor in a crash that injured two men from Cass County late Saturday night. Sgt. Casey Davis says 38-year-old Adam Molter of Dowagiac was west...
Nov 25, 2018
Crash Ends with 12-Year-Old Driver in Youth Home
OTTAWA COUNTY (WHTC-AM/FM) — A 12-year-old boy is in custody in Ottawa County’s juvenile facility after a car crash on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018, according to Ottawa County Sheriff’s S...
Nov 25, 2018
Winter Weather returns with a vengeance
UNDATED (WKZO AM/FM) — We have seen snow and cold already this winter but forecasters say the first serious snow storm is just about to hit the region towards the end of what is the busiest trav...
Nov 25, 2018
Heart Transplant Candidate Patient's Letter from Spectrum Health Goes Viral
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — The letter Grand Rapids-area resident Hedda Martin, 60, received delivered devastating news. Her impending heart transplant candidacy wouldn’t move forward, the lett...
Nov 25, 2018
