Category Archives: State News
Benson leads in polling in race for Governor
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is doing well in the latest poll from Target Insyght in her bid to become Michigan's next governor. In a hypothetical race between her, Con...
Mar 10, 2025 Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson during a July 29, 2024 press conference. (YouTube image courtesy State of Michigan)
MSU announces largest-ever fundraising campaign
EAST LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State University is launching its largest-ever fundraising campaign. MSU is seeking to raise $4-billion in donations and its more than twice the size as their ...
Mar 10, 2025 Michigan State University Spartan helmet (courtesy of Michigan State University Athletics)
State House Republicans unveil road funding plan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Majority Republicans in the Michigan House have unveiled their plan to fund fixing roads in the state without raising taxes. House Speaker Matt Hall says all of the money co...
Mar 07, 2025 Photo provided by the Michigan Department of Transportation.
Some parts of the Upper Peninsula hit with over 20-inches of snow
MARQUETTE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A stretch of the Upper Peninsula is digging out after being hit with up to 24-inches of snow Wednesday and Thursday. The blizzard conditions brought winds of over 60-miles...
Mar 07, 2025 Snow drifts in Calumet, Michigan March 6, 2025 (courtesy Danita Johnson Sturos)
Report: Lieutenant Governor Gilchrist looking to run for the state's top job
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II has not yet said what his future plans are after his term ends at the end of 2026, but there is growing speculation he wants to take ...
Mar 06, 2025 Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist in Kalamazoo March 5, 2024 (courtesy John McNeill)
Slotkin blasts Trump and Musk during her Democratic response to the President's address to Congress
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin says Americans want change, but it has to be done in a responsible way and not recklessly. Slotkin made the remarks while delivering...
Mar 05, 2025 lmel900 / Depositphotos.com
Four hospitalized after chemical release at Zehnder's Splash Village
FRANKENMUTH, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A chemical release at the Zehnder's Splash Village water park in Frankenmuth has resulted in four people being hospitalized. It happened around 11:20 a.m. Tuesday. Sever...
Mar 05, 2025 (courtesy Zehnder's Splash Village of Frankenmuth)
Shepler's, Mackinac Island Ferry Company sue Mackinac Island over fares and schedules
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A federal lawsuit has been filed against the City of Mackinac Island by Shepler's Incorporated and the Mackinac Island Ferry Company. In the lawsuit, they accuse the ci...
Mar 05, 2025 (courtesy Shepler's ferry)
Called "a rising star" by one Democrat leader, Slotkin to deliver response to Trump address tonight
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan is set to deliver the Democratic response to President Trump's address to a Joint Session of Congress tonight. Senate Minority Le...
Mar 04, 2025 U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin
Whitmer to hold meeting with lawmakers on roads, but Speaker Hall not yet invited
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer will hold an invitation-only meeting Thursday morning with lawmakers to discuss long-term road funding. Lansing-based MIRS News reports House Speak...
Mar 04, 2025 judykennamer / Depositphotos.com
