Category Archives: State News
Arrest of Paw Paw teen has many talking
PAW PAW (WKZO AM/FM) — Paw Paw parents were reassured by the School Board last night that they are taking steps to make sure that children are safe and that bullying issues are addressed followi...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 22, 2018
State House OKs 3-foot distance to pass bikers
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — The Michigan State House has approved a three foot buffer for bicyclists, rejecting a five foot proposal approved in the Senate. Kalamazoo and Portage passed the five foot...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 22, 2018
One killed in Litchfield apartment blaze
LITCHFIELD, MI (WTVB) – One person is dead following a fire Wednesday in downtown Litchfield in Hillsdale County. The Hillsdale Daily News reports the fire went through a vacant downtown busines...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 22, 2018
Lakeshore Habitat hosts college students
HOLLAND — Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity hosted two groups of university students during their spring breaks. Oklahoma State University sophomore Berenice Quinonez said she wanted to help others...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 21, 2018
UPDATE: James bound over for trial
KENT COUNTY (WKZO AM/FM) — After testimony from a teenager who claimed he witnessed the rape of 15-year-old Mujey Dumbuya four times, Quinn James has been bound over to stand trial for criminal ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 21, 2018
Double murder suspect gets life in prison
KALAMAZOO, MI (WTVB) – A Portage man charged with a murder in St. Joseph County was ordered Monday to spend the rest of his life in prison without parole after being convicted of killing a woman...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 20, 2018
Firefighter accidentally shot with his own gun
EMMETT TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) – A firefighter from Athens suffered a gunshot wound to his leg on Monday after being dispatched to help with a massive grass fire burning along I-94 between Beadle La...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 20, 2018
Teen charged with planning attack on school
PAW PAW (WKZO AM/FM) — Classes will resume Tuesday at Paw Paw Schools, with beefed up security on hand, after a plot by a 15-year-old to attack the school with guns and bombs has been averted, t...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 19, 2018
Mourning parents might get tax break
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — More hearings are expected on a proposed bill that would give the parents of a stillborn baby a one-time child tax exemption for that child. Sponsor Mary Whiteford of Alle...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 19, 2018
Sturgis lawmaker wants to limit use of local I.D.
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — If a bill that just cleared the Michigan House on a straight party line vote becomes law, there will be one less thing that you will be able to do with Kalamazoo Count...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 19, 2018




