Category Archives: State News
Climate change means wet and warmer Michigan
UNDATED (WKZO AM/FM) — A government report says the effects of climate change are real and growing, could ruin our economy, damage food production and cause a variety of health issues. The feder...
localnews@mwcradio.com Nov 24, 2018
Sewage spill prompts advisory
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Kalamazoo County health officials are issuing an advisory about a sewage overflow. The City of Kalamazoo was notified of a sanitary sewer overflow on Ash Street south of...
localnews@mwcradio.com Nov 24, 2018
Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas downtown
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Mayor Bobby Hopewell and the rest of the City Commission has turned on the holiday lights in Bronson Park, with an enormous amount of help from the City Utility Departme...
localnews@mwcradio.com Nov 24, 2018
Snyder sends spending request to lame duck legislature
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – The lame duck session of the state legislature will begin soon, and Governor Snyder is making a request of the House and Senate for $371 million in spending. He’s aski...
localnews@mwcradio.com Nov 24, 2018
Leftover: Turkey Trivia
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Eating leftovers? We’ve got turkey trivia. About 70 percent of Michigan’s turkeys are raised in West Michigan– Ottawa County to be exact. None are Thanks...
localnews@mwcradio.com Nov 24, 2018
Holland: Many Small Business Saturday Opportunities
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Today is Small Business Saturday, and effort underway since 2010 to get consumers to think heading to small, local, independent shops. American Express led the effort to m...
localnews@mwcradio.com Nov 24, 2018
Whitmer will party in Motown
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — Governor-elect Gretchen Whitmer is breaking a small tradition, holding her inaugural celebrations in Detroit instead of Lansing. She has announced her celebration will beg...
localnews@mwcradio.com Nov 23, 2018
Black Friday: let the shopping begin
UNDATED (WKZO AM/FM) — The holiday shopping season is officially underway, even though for some, it never really stops. – BLACK FRIDAY DEALS – Those getting a headstart on their holi...
localnews@mwcradio.com Nov 23, 2018
Baby Scarlett's Lifesaving Legacy
OTTAWA COUNTY (WHTC-AM/FM) — The violent death of 8-month-old Scarlett Rae-Marie Burroughs has devastated her family, friends, and strangers. Her family members told WZZM that Baby Scarlett̵...
localnews@mwcradio.com Nov 22, 2018
Suspect in Baby Scarlett Death Charged
OTTAWA COUNTY (WHTC-AM/FM) — Grand Haven Township resident Cameron Michael Toppen, 19, stands charged with two felonies — murder and first-degree child abuse in the death of 8-month-old Sc...
localnews@mwcradio.com Nov 22, 2018




