Category Archives: State News
Kalamazoo man will get life for dealing drugs
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — A Kalamazoo man has been convicted in Federal Court of distributing heroin causing death. 29-year-old Steven Whyte was convicted by a federal jury this week of five crim...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 30, 2018
Paw Paw teen faces new charges
PAW PAW (WKZO AM/FM) — The Prosecutor's office in Van Buren County has fine-tuned the list of charges he intends to bring against a 15-year-old boy who planned to attack Paw Paw High School with...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 30, 2018
Shoreline Stargazers Plan Observatory
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Shoreline Amateur Astronomical Association member Frank Rodan says club members are campaigning to raise the $65,000 to build an observatory at Ottawa County’s Hemlo...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 30, 2018
M-40 crash kills Holland resident
FILLMORE TOWNSHIP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) — A two-vehicle crash early Thursday on M-40 killed Holland-area resident Julie Ann Shaffer, 30, according to the Allegan County Sheriff’s Office. Sherif...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 29, 2018
Trendway honored for military vet support
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Holland-based Trendway Corporation has been named the 20-18 SBA Michigan Veteran-Owned Small Business of the Year by Michigan Celebrates Small Business. Recipients of the ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 29, 2018
Students ask Senator Schuitmaker to resign
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Students at Allegan County high schools involved in the campaign to promote gun control are not happy with State Senator Tonya Schuitmaker for dismissing their ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 29, 2018
Huizenga wraps up Netherlands visit
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — This week, Congressman Bill Huizenga led a bipartisan delegation from the House of Representatives to the Netherlands, part of a mission to cultivate U.S. relations with t...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 29, 2018
Homeowner speaks on home invasion shooting
ALGANSEE TOWNSHP, MI (WTVB) – The owner of a home in remote Algansee Township in Branch County says she thinks the men who tried to bust into her place on Burlew Road through the door and window...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 29, 2018
Golf course vandalism crime: solved
WEST OLIVE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) — Pine Creek golf course co-owner Chase Kuyers turned to Ottawa County Sheriff’s deputies — and Facebook — when he discovered someone used a vehicle...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 28, 2018
Pfizer investigates expanding
PORTAGE (WKZO AM/FM) — Executives at Pfizer in Kalamazoo says they still have a number of people to convince but they are hopeful that they will be adding a huge new manufacturing facility in Po...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 28, 2018




