Category Archives: State News
UPDATE: Amber Alert cancelled; missing 1-year-old found
GRAND RAPIDS/BENTON HARBOR (WKZO AM/FM) — Grand Rapids and Benton Harbor police departments say the missing 1-year-old boy that was last seen with his babysitter has been found. Miquis Lamont Je...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 02, 2018
Michigan's straight-party voting still allowed
DETROIT (WKZO AM/FM) — Straight-party voting will continue in Michigan for now. A Detroit federal judge has just issued a ruling, permanently barring the state from enforcing a state law passed ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 02, 2018
Details Emerge on Ex-MAX Transit Director's Embezzlement Charge
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Former Macatawa Area Transit Director Linda LeFebre, accused of one countof embezzling more than $20,000, allegedly got most of the money by falsifying her work hours, acc...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 02, 2018
Holland City Council Hires Clerk
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — After an extended search, Holland City Council approved hiring Kathy Mitchell, who worked for Holland Hospital since 2004, first as a manger of off-site facilities, then a...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 02, 2018
Town Hall Meeting on Water Quality Ahead in Otsego
OTSEGO, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Could Otsego be next in line after Rockford and Parchment on dealing with PFAs in drinking water? The Allegan County community has had to deal with toxic pollutants for years...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 01, 2018
Entergy Swings Deal for Palisades Plant
COVERT, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Another step in the mothballing of the Palisades Power Plant has been taken. The operator of the Covert-based nuclear power facility, Entergy, announced on Wednesday a "post-...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 01, 2018
Berrien County man on FBI's "10 Most Wanted" found in Georgia
BENTON HARBOR (WKZO AM/FM) — A suspect on FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list accused of killing 2 people in Benton Harbor is now in custody. 40-year-old Antwan Tamon Mims w...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 01, 2018
First case of the debilitating virus is tracked
SANILAC COUNTY (WKZO AM/FM) — The first human case of West Nile Virus this season has been discovered in blood received from a blood donor in Sanilac County. That person has shown no symptoms of...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 01, 2018
Supreme Court rules for VNP in nail-biter
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — In an 3 to 4 ruling that came out at 10:30 Tuesday night, the State Supreme Court dismissed the challenge of a group backed by the Michigan Chamber of Commerce that blocke...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 01, 2018
Dalton's statements ruled off limits for prosecution
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that the two separate interviews done with Uber killer Jason Dalton after his murder spree are tainted, and inadmissible because lo...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 01, 2018




