Category Archives: State News

GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO AM/FM) — A Grand Rapids man, who was mistakenly taken into custody for allegedly urinating on a 5-year-old African American girl while using a racial slur has been released fr...

SOUTH HAVEN (WKZO AM/FM) — South Haven Police are crediting an eagle-eyed civilian for helping them break up a car burglary ring. Local investigators say there has been a rash of such thefts rec...

COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Branch County Drain Commissioner Mike Hard detailed for the Board of Commissioners on Friday afternoon just how close they came to losing the Blackhawk Dam last weekend. B...

ASTORIA, NEW YORK (WKZO AM/FM) It's weird. Somebody known only as "Emily", with a mysterious operation called the United Impact Group, working out of an Astoria, New York post office box has asked for...

MICHIGAN (WKZO AM/FM) — A new safety study is ranking Michigan number 1 when it comes to threats of violence in public schools. The Educator’s School Safety Network compiled data from the ...

MICHIGAN (WKZO AM/FM) — The State of Michigan has gone from having no human cases of the West Nile Virus to eight cases and one death. On Thursday, health officials announced that the virus was ...

KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Bell's Brewery has just announced their newest beer, and they are calling it a fun beer, as opposed to some of their more serious brews. It's called "Larry's Latest Flam...

LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — The Red Cross has told the employees who work their mobile blood collections in West Michigan that they may be out of a job on November 1st. It depends on a satisfactory r...

KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Health officials in Kalamazoo County say they have had positive tests for West Nile Virus in several dead birds. In addition, the first human case has been detected in a...

DETROIT, MI (WTVB) – A federal judge is calling out U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and Calhoun County Corrections staff for their treatment of Iraqi detainees. U.S. Distri...