Category Archives: State News
Whiteford Proposes Broadband Aid
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Casco Township Republican Rep. Mary Whiteford testified this week before Michigan’s House Communications and Technology Committee on her House Bill 5670, which would...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 23, 2018
Suspected killer caught in Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO AM/FM) — Police in Grand Rapids say they have arrested Willie Bryant Jr. for the shooting death of 48-year-old Shannon Shoen, a gas station clerk and a mother of four, during ...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 22, 2018
MI Democrats propose free college program
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Michigan House Democrats are introducing a new scholarship program hoping to create debt-free community college for eligible students. The scholarship program would st...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 22, 2018
Memorial Day: Allegan Co. to Rededicate WWI Monument
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Allegan County’s World War I memorial at the West Side Park will be rededicated Monday as part of the Memorial Day ceremonies. Retired Brig. Gen. Robert Secrist is s...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 22, 2018
Holland Twp. woman's attacker pleads no contest
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – A Ludington man, 30-year-old Jason Matthew Kapala, is facing a life-in-prison sentence for a violent attack on a Holland Township woman in December. Kapala assaulted a...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 22, 2018
Stricter water rules coming to Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The Detroit News is reporting that Michigan Governor Snyder is about to impose the strictest drinking water rules in the United States. The new standards would require...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 21, 2018
Whooping cough case surfaces in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO AM/FM) — Battle Creek area schools, like most schools in the state already require that all students get a shot that includes a vaccine for pertussis, or Whooping Cough. The C...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 20, 2018
Woman who crashed into Coldwater Walmart at PCRH
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A 37-year-old woman from Branch County was admitted to ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital for treatment of injuries Saturday following a bizarre series of events which ...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 20, 2018
Police have located missing Sturgis woman
STURGIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Sturgis City Police no longer need your help to locate a woman who has been missing for several days. They originally announced over the weekend that Amanda Lea Griffi...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 20, 2018
Barry county man found guilty of killing wife
HASTINGS (WKZO AM/FM) — A love-triangle that ended in murder and arson has resulted in a guilty verdict in a Barry County courtroom. Ralph Bowling testified on the stand that he did indeed wound...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 19, 2018




