Category Archives: State News
Senator Schuitmaker pushes Higher Education budget
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Senator Tonya Schuitmaker's Senate Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee wants to give the state's Universities $17-million more than the Governor proposed, but...
Apr 12, 2018
Equal Pay Day: breaking down the numbers
(WKZO AM/FM) — Tuesday is equal pay day, the day that women work essentially for free because they earn so much less than men. The average is currently 80-cents on the dollar, although there are...
Apr 10, 2018
Mayor Hopewell supports church giving sanctuary
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — It’s been about a month since a Kalamazoo woman who is trying to avoid deportation took up residence at the First Congregational Church, which is giving her sh...
Apr 10, 2018
Demolition at Bronson Park begins tentatively
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — City crews have begun the demolition work on the reflecting pools in Bronson Park, carefully removing the sculptures of the children created by local artist Kirk Newman ...
Apr 10, 2018
No threat to Coldwater after mistaken CHS concern
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A robo call was sent out by Coldwater Community Schools Monday night which told parents and students that an on-line threat had absolutely nothing to do with Coldwater Hig...
Apr 10, 2018
Pence to deliver graduation address at Hillsdale College
HILLSDALE, MI (WTVB) – Vice President Mike Pence has accepted an invitation to deliver the commencement address at Hillsdale College May 12, 2018. The ceremony that afternoon will start at 2:00 ...
Apr 09, 2018
Deadly fire in Quincy not considered suspicious
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — A Quincy Township man who was badly burned Thursday morning in a house fire on U.S. 12 just east of Quincy has passed away in Kalamazoo at Bronson Methodist Hospital's B...
Apr 09, 2018
Gas prices remain stable in Michigan
DEARBORN (WKZO AM/FM) — AAA of Michigan says gas prices are virtually unchanged over the last week in Michigan, at $2.69/gallon despite an 8-cent rise in the average price nationally. National p...
Apr 09, 2018
Legislature back from spring break Tuesday
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — Michigan lawmakers get back to work this week and the 2019 Budget will be high on the agenda. There has also been talk that the Republican majority may take up a bill lega...
Apr 09, 2018
Arguments Over Gun Bans in Schools
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — Oral arguments will be heard Wednesday at the State Supreme Court that could decide whether Michigan school districts have the right to ban guns. It's a case that has been...
Apr 09, 2018
