Category Archives: State News
New study claims state is underfunding schools
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — A comprehensive report that looks at what it actually costs to educate a student in Michigan says state lawmakers are seriously underfunding schools. It was put together a...
Jan 18, 2018
UPDATE: Meteor may have hit the ground
MACOMB COUNTY (WKZO AM/FM) — Meteor hunters have converged on mid-Michigan, looking for fragments of the rock that lit up the sky over Michigan Tuesday night. The U.S. Geological Survey's Don Bl...
Jan 18, 2018
Three Rivers Superintendent quits
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY (WKZO AM/FM) — The School Board in Three Rivers will have to begin looking for a new Superintendent after they found out Wednesday night that their current Superintendent, Jean...
Jan 18, 2018
Gas prices could spike
CHICAGO (WKZO AM/FM) — Gas prices are about to go up Gasbuddy.com's Patrick DeHaan blaming refinery issues in Joliet and St. Louis for the increases. He says it's already boosted the wholesale p...
Jan 18, 2018
Korean hockey diplomacy has Kalamazoo connection
SOUTH KOREA (WKZO AM/FM) — The daughter of WMU Hockey Coach Andy Murray finds herself in the middle of a bid for peace between North and South Korea and she reportedly has mixed feelings about i...
Jan 18, 2018
Chase in stolen car results in felony arrests
VAN BUREN COUNTY (WKZO AM/FM) — The suspect who allegedly turned a routine traffic stop into a high speed chase that spanned two counties and resulted in felony arrests have now been arraigned o...
Jan 17, 2018
VIDEO: Meteor lights up the night sky over Michigan
UNDATED (WKZO AM/FM) – The National Weather Service says the bright light streaking across the sky just after 8:00 p.m. Tuesday night appears to have been a meteor. That has now been confirmed b...
Jan 16, 2018
Larry Nassar's sentencing will be a punishing ordeal
INGHAM COUNTY (WKZO AM/FM) — It's going to be a long week for Larry Nassar. Court officials in Ingham County have set aside several days for an unusual extended sentencing hearing to allow victi...
Jan 16, 2018
Bell's Beer celebrates sales milestone
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — It's appropriate that it happened during Beer Week. Bells Brewery reached a historic milestone for the company with the sale this week of the Millionth case equivalent b...
Jan 16, 2018
The North American International Auto Show
DETROIT (WKZO AM/FM) — This isn't your grandfather's auto industry anymore...that is evident as Detroit welcomes the media from across the globe to the 2018 North American International Auto Sho...
Jan 16, 2018
