Category Archives: State News
Winning Lotto 47 ticket for Wednesday's $5.46 million jackpot sold at Speedway station in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Someone who purchased a Michigan Lottery Lotto 47 ticket at the Speedway gas station at 3908 South Westnedge Avenue in Kalamazoo has won a $5.46 million jackpot. Lottery C...
Apr 24, 2025 Courtesy Michigan Lottery Facebook page
WMU appoints alum Russ Kavalhuna as the university's new president
KALAMAZOO, Mich.- A WMU alumnus has been selected as the next president of Western Michigan University. The Board of Trustees Wednesday appointed Russ Kavalhuna to replace Dr. Edward Montgomery, who i...
Apr 23, 2025 The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees today appointed Russ Kavalhuna, J.D., as the school's 10th president April 23, 2025 (courtesy WMU)
Damage assessments underway after northern Michigan ice storm in March
GAYLORD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Damage assessments are underway in northern Michigan by federal, state, and local officials. The ice storm that hit the northern part of the Lower Peninsula and the eastern ...
Apr 23, 2025 Jon Evans / CC
WMU Board of Trustees to name successor to Montgomery this Wednesday afternoon
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The search for a new president at Western Michigan University appears to be over. The WMU Board of Trustees is set to convene at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 23 in the Stude...
Apr 22, 2025
Governor Whitmer asking FEMA for extension for disaster declaration request
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency for an extension to submit a major disaster declaration request following an historic ice storm. ...
Apr 22, 2025
University of Michigan Faculty Senate wants president, regents to enter Big Ten mutual defense compact
ANN ARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The University of Michigan's Faculty Senate is urging president Santa Ono and the Board of Regents to enter a mutual defense compact with other Big Ten universities. They ...
Apr 22, 2025
AUDIO: Three WMU students among those who have sued federal government over immigration status
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A lawsuit against the federal government has been filed by three Western Michigan University international students along with other students from Michigan, Missouri, Ohio...
Apr 21, 2025 Kevin Smith / CC
Two arraigned in shooting death of security guard in Kalamazoo last weekend
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two men from Battle Creek have now been formally charged in connection with April 12 shooting death of security guard Montine Wiley April 12 at a party at a club on East N...
Apr 18, 2025 L-R: Damonte Christopher Jenkins-Gooden and Kaiden Tanner Cole (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Unemployment rises again in Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - For the third straight month, Michigan's unemployment rate is up. The Department of Technology, Management and Budget says the jobless rate for March was up to 5.5%, an incr...
Apr 18, 2025 Feverpitch / Depositphotos.com
Governor Whitmer orders MDHHS to study possible Medicaid cuts
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Saying "Medicaid is not for sale," Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order in Detroit yesterday ordering an impact study on possible cuts to the federal service....
Apr 18, 2025
