Category Archives: State News
Taste of Muskegon Offers Kid-Safety Day
MUSKEGON (WHTC-AM/FM) — Taste of Muskegon is expanding the 2018 Festival. On June 16, Kids Safety Saturday will fill Webster Avenue and Third Street with family-friendly activities. Starting at ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 05, 2018
Senator says marijuana proposal not well written
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – Republican State Senator Mike Shirkey says the backers of a ballot proposal to legalize recreational marijuana in Michigan admitted to him it is not a well written law. The ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 05, 2018
Sand Mining Approved in Saugatuck Twp.
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — A vote by Saugatuck Township’s planning commission has some residents fuming. The board voted last night for the second time to allow a sand-mining operation in a re...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 05, 2018
UPDATE: Victims identified in crash; 2 killed, 5 injured
CASS COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Cass County Sheriff’s Department has released the names of the two killed and five injured in a head-on collision. Sheriff Richard Behnke says the crash occu...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 04, 2018
Narcan Training, Giveway by The Red Project
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Efforts are underway in West Michigan to spread awareness about how to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Overdose rates in Ottawa County have tripled since 2011. ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 04, 2018
I-94 collision sends five to area hospitals
MARSHALL TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Calhoun County Sheriif’s Department deputies are investigating a series of events on I-94 near Marshall that led to a collision and caused life threate...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 03, 2018
UPDATE: Paw Paw teen sent to treatment center
PAW PAW (WKZO AM/FM) - The 15-year-old Paw Paw High school teen accused of planning a potential weapons attack on the school will spend the next year in a residential treatment center. The sophomore, ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 03, 2018
Couple hurt avoiding farm equipment
CASS COUNTY (WKZO AM/FM) — A Marcellus couple suffered injuries when they took evasive action to avoid what might have been an even worse fate. Ryan and Jayme Lynn Hampton were onboard a motorcy...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 03, 2018
Another dog dies on airliner, this time in Detroit
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -A dog was found dead inside of a crate at Detroit Metro Airport and the owner of the dog is consulting with an attorney. Delta airlines says a dog was found dead inside a cra...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 03, 2018
Arts events well attended as summer kicks off
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — The weather was absolutely perfect for a downtown arts festival in Kalamazoo, and big crowds were reported both Friday and Saturday for Art on the Mall and the big jurie...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 03, 2018




