Category Archives: State News
Boater faces charges after man's leg amputated
GUN LAKE (WKZO AM/FM) — The pilot of a motor boat who was allegedly drunk when he made a move that cost a friend his leg, has been bound over to stand trial for operating while intoxicated causi...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 14, 2018
Charges Filed After West Ottawa HS Gun Incident
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — West Ottawa Public Schools passed a scary test with flying colors on Thursday, involving a student with a gun and an incident that ended without violence — no shots ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 14, 2018
National Weather Service: Heavy Fog Advisory
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — The National Weather Service has issued a heavy fog advisory for West Michigan, active until about 10 a.m. today, Sept. 14, 2018. Visibility will be as low as a quarter mi...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 14, 2018
UPDATE: West Ottawa High Off Lockdown
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — A 17-year-old West Ottawa High School male student is in police custody after a gun incident that put the school on lockdown this morning starting just before 11 a.m., Thu...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 13, 2018
West Michigan mobilizes for Hurricane Florence
UNDATED (WKZO AM/FM) — Indiana and Michigan Electric, the Utility to our south says it has about 200 foresters, lineman and support personnel they can send to the Carolinas, to repair the damage...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 13, 2018
How much PFAS is too much?
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — Lawmakers are urging the Environmental Protection Agency to reevaluate the safe level of PFAS. Congressman Fred Upton and Democrat Debbie Dingell are co-sponsoring legisla...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 13, 2018
Construction elevators going pink
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — A construction elevator at The Exchange project in downtown Kalamazoo is going up and going pink for an important cause. On Tuesday First Lady and breast cancer survivor...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 12, 2018
Red Cross mobilizes for Hurricane Florence
GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO AM/FM) — As Hurricane Florence approaches the U.S. Coast from the East, and a couple of million residents are fleeing inland to get out of its way, volunteers and supplies are...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 12, 2018
New lawsuit implicates MSU Trustee in cover-up
EAST LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Of all the new lawsuits filed in the Larry Nassar scandal before Monday's deadline, there is one bombshell. If true, it takes the timeline for Nassar's misdeeds a...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 12, 2018
Stryker acquires surgical equipment firm
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — A financially struggling surgical instrument manufacturer with a good idea is being gobbled up by the Stryker Corporation for $190-million dollars. Invuity manufactures ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 12, 2018




