Category Archives: State News
Field of Flight will beat up the sky this summer
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO AM/FM) — The Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival has lined up three military tactical demonstrations for this summer's big event. They will be one of on...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 15, 2018
UPDATE: Plainwell Retail Fraud Suspects FOUND
ALLEGAN COUNTY (WHTC-AM/FM) — After Allegan County Sheriff’s Office released three images taken from web cameras of two suspects in a May 10, 2018, retail fraud, the public responded. The ...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 15, 2018
Funding for cleanup at Vicksburg Paper approved
VICKSBURG (WKZO AM/FM) — The effort to transform the vacant Vicksburg Paper Plant into a commercial development will be getting a sizable chunk of change from the Department of Environmental Qua...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 15, 2018
Former Kalamazoo Gazette Editor Dies
KALAMAZOO (WHTC-AM/FM) — The former editor of the Kalamazoo Gazette, James Borden, has died in Western Pennsylvania, according to a Tribune-Review report. He was 61 and had also worked in Spokan...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 15, 2018
LeFebre Resigns from MAX
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Linda LeFebre has resigned as executive director of the Macatawa Area Express, where she’d worked since 2001, according to a Holland Sentinel report. She went on pai...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 15, 2018
Whiteford Offers Cybersecurity Tips
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Fresh from hosting an identity theft prevention workshop, Michigan District 80 Rep. Mary Whiteford is sharing tips she learned. One way to avoid stolen credit card numbers...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 15, 2018
"Promote The Vote" hopes for election changes
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — It could be the most popular item on the fall ballot...if its supporters can successfully wrap up their petition drive and get them to Lansing in time. It's not recrea...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 14, 2018
Local lawmaker concerned about bee decline
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — Bee populations have been crashing for some time and one local state representative thinks it's time for the state government to come to the aid of farmers who depend on b...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 14, 2018
UPDATE: Gas prices flirting with $3
DEARBORN (WKZO AM/FM) — There are reports that some stations in West Michigan have gone over the $3-mark , charging $3.09/gallon for self-serve regular, the first time prices have been this high...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 14, 2018
Pence says grads entering workforce at the right time
HILLSDALE, MI (WTVB) – Vice President Mike Pence keynoted the commencement ceremonies at Hillsdale College Saturday, congratulating the class of 2018 for entering the workforce at the right time...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 14, 2018




