Category Archives: State News
Homeless Protestors reject another site
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Kalamazoo's homeless protestors will remain in Bronson Park this weekend. The group squatting in the park they have once again rejected the city's suggestion for an alte...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 08, 2018
2018 Congressional App Challenge Starts Sept. 10
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM) — U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga announced the start of the 2018 Congressional App Challenge (CAC). The CAC is a competition aimed at encouraging middle- and high-school students t...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 07, 2018
Search continues for missing Battle Creek teen
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – A Battle Creek teenage girl has been missing for three weeks. Battle Creek Police say 15-year-old Lavonda Mariott-Lockmiller was last seen on a surveillance video...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 07, 2018
Holland Resident Mark Hekman Survives Fiery Crash
PARK TWP. (WHTC-AM/FM) — Holland resident Mark Hekman spent Friday’s early morning hours in the hospital after a Park township single-car crash. The 20-year-old fell asleep at the wheel ju...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 07, 2018
Fatal House Fire in Overisel Township
OVERISEL TWP. (WHTC-AM/FM) — An unidentified person has died in an Overisel house fire on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, according to Allegan County Sheriff’s authorities. Allegan County Central...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 06, 2018
Richard DeVos Sr., Dead at 92
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Billionaire businessman Richard DeVos, Sr. has died, on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, according to family members. He was 92. Mr. DeVos cofounded of Amway in 1959 with childhoo...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 06, 2018
Holland Sports Dr. Matt Hilton Explains Guillain–Barré Syndrome
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Regular season football starts tonight, but Dallas Cowboy Travis Frederick is sidelined for treatment of Guillain-Barr (pronounced gee-OWN BURR-ay) syndrome. He was diagno...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 06, 2018
Michigan legislature circumvents two proposals
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – There will be two fewer ballot proposals before Michigan voters in November. The Michigan House and Senate Wednesday approved the ballot questions that would raise the minim...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 06, 2018
Stepmom charged with death of 3-year-old
PAW PAW (WKZO AM/FM) — A Paw Paw woman has been charged with the torture murder of a 3-year-old girl. 31-year-old Kate George, the step mother of the child, whose name was not released, has been...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 05, 2018
New Display at WMU Business School Honors Haworth Legacy
KALAMAZOO, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The Haworth name may be synonymous with Holland, but it does have a strong link with Kalamazoo as well. This morning, the Haworth College of Business on Western Michigan U...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 05, 2018




