Category Archives: State News
Two killed in St. Joseph County house fire
MENDON TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) – Two dairy farm workers were killed Wednesday morning in a fire that destroyed a home in St. Joseph County's Mendon Township. The fire broke out at about 3:30 a.m. in...
localnews@mwcradio.com Apr 26, 2018
Pickett trial: Day Two
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — It was a full morning for the jury in the Charles Pickett Jr. murder trial as they heard from the four survivors of the horrible crash on North Westnedge that killed fiv...
localnews@mwcradio.com Apr 25, 2018
Wickstra aims for Michigan's 26th Distrct seat
HOLLAND MI (WHTC-AM/FM) — Dentist Don Wickstra, a longtime Hamilton resident and Heath Township Planning Commission member, has announced his candidacy for the 26th District State Senate seat. H...
localnews@mwcradio.com Apr 25, 2018
Troopers, truckers join to save man's life
HUNTINGTON WOODS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – Michigan State Police troopers in Detroit wrangled 13 semi-tractor trailers to park under an I-696 overpass near Coolidge in Huntington Woods, early Tuesday m...
localnews@mwcradio.com Apr 25, 2018
Saturday: National Drug Take Back Day
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — The national annual Prescription Drug Take Back Day is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. All 30 of Michigan State Police (MSP) posts will be open to collect the pills and capsul...
localnews@mwcradio.com Apr 24, 2018
Sex-abuse bills getting close attention in House
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — The hearings into the sexual abuse measures proposed as a result of the Larry Nassar scandal continues into a second week and it's becoming clearer that this is going to b...
localnews@mwcradio.com Apr 24, 2018
Fountain's "offensive" statue removed
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Work crews have removed the top of the statue on the Fountain of the Pioneers and continued removing some of the art-deco panels that made up the side of the fountain an...
localnews@mwcradio.com Apr 24, 2018
Taste of Muskegon Growing
MUSKEGON (WHTC-AM/FM) — The 12th annaul Taste of Muskegon is expanding, based on two years of record-setting crowds. The festival will showcase 33 food vendors this year, up from 21 last year. T...
localnews@mwcradio.com Apr 24, 2018
Medicaid work requirement faces pushback in House
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – Legislation sponsored by State Senator Mike Shirkey (R-Clark Lake) that would require able-bodied Medicaid recipients to work at least 29 hours a week to qualify for the hea...
localnews@mwcradio.com Apr 24, 2018
Push to legalize marijuana moves forward
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – The petition drive to legalize marijuana for recreational use in Michigan has gathered enough signatures to appear on the November 2018 ballot, according to the Secret...
localnews@mwcradio.com Apr 24, 2018
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