Category Archives: State News
State schools superintendent, former Kalamazoo Public Schools head, to retire
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The top education official in Michigan, who previously served as superintendent for Kalamazoo Public Schools, is stepping down later this year. Dr. Michael Rice. Michigan's ...
Apr 05, 2025 State Superintendent Dr. Michael Rice (Photo by John McNeil)
Michigan couple held in Cancun freed and on plane home, US hostage negotiator says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Michigan couple, Christy and Paul Akeo, arrested March 4 in Cancun, Mexico, in a credit card dispute, have been freed and were on a plane home, U.S. hostage negotiator Adam Bo...
Apr 03, 2025
Beacon Health System to acquire Ascension Healthcare System in southwest Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Four Ascension Borgess hopsitals in southwest Michigan are being sold. Non-profit Beacon Health System, with current facilities in northern Indiana and southern Michigan, ...
Apr 03, 2025
Health officials urging measles vaccinations
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kent County's first measles case since 2013 has health officials urging people to get vaccinated. Dr. Andrew Jameson, infectious diseases physician with Trinity Health ...
Apr 03, 2025 NIAID / CC
Mackinac Bridge closed again for falling ice, more closures likely
ST. IGNACE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As of mid-morning Wednesday, the Mackinac Bridge was again closed due to falling ice. While the Mackinac Bridge Authority says it cannot predict when the bridge can be re...
Apr 02, 2025 A view of the entrance ramp to the Mackinac Bridge at 12:45 p.m. April 2, 2025 (courtesy Mackinac Bridge Authority)
Consumer Energy rate increases take effect Friday, with a second increase possible this summer
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - Just days before Consumers Energy customers will see an increase in their monthly electric bills, the utility company is preparing to ask the Michigan Public Service Commission (M...
Apr 02, 2025
AUDIO: Question of how to fund road repairs remains unsolved
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State lawmakers agree that Michigan's roads need to be fixed and that there isn't enough money being put toward it. Where the money for the roads will come from remains the ...
Apr 02, 2025 Photo provided by the Michigan Department of Transportation.
Adopt-A-Highway litter clean-up begins this weekend in Lower Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State officials says it's a spring event as predictable as the return of the robins, as volunteers hit the roadsides across lower Michigan beginning Saturday for the Michiga...
Apr 02, 2025 (courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation)
State of emergency declared for 10 northern Michigan counties after weekend ice storm
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer Monday declared a state of emergency in ten counties after activating the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) to respond to the damaging ice s...
Mar 31, 2025 Ice story damage in northern Michigan March 29, 2025 (photo courtesy of Gary Skory)
AUDIO: VA Secretary Doug Collins tours Battle Creek VA Medical Center
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins spent part of his Monday visiting and touring the Battle Creek VA Medical Center. Collins was asked about job cuts at the VA, an...
Mar 31, 2025
