Category Archives: State News
UPDATE: Sword wielding suspect identified
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO AM/FM) — The man being held for an alleged attack on an ex-girlfriend is Anthony Maurice Whitlock, who is 35 years old. Charges were authorized Saturday morning by the Calhoun...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jan 12, 2018
Record number of vets seek help from Allegan Co Clerk
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – One of the more overlooked services provided by the Allegan County Clerk’s Office has been a point of emphasis for Bob Genetski in his first year on the job. The...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jan 12, 2018
West Michigan not affected by Sam's Club closings
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – West Michigan has apparently been spared in one of the more drastic store closings in recent American retail history. Sam’s Club, a unit of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.,...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jan 11, 2018
Tax fix high on the agenda in Lansing
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — The Michigan Legislature has gotten back to work in Lansing. They will hit the ground running this election year . The Governor wants the state's tax law adjusted to neutr...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jan 11, 2018
Dangerous Hepatitis A strain in Calhoun County
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO AM/FM) — An outbreak of Hepatitis-A that has killed 22 and infected 539 people in Southeast Michigan since August has now apparently spread to Calhoun County. The Michigan Dep...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jan 11, 2018
Craft brewers converge on Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Beer Week begins this weekend in Kalamazoo, featuring hundreds of events at sites all over the area, all themed around the brewing and drinking of beer, but it's not the...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jan 11, 2018
Flu season: we may have seen worse
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Some experts are saying this could be the worst flu season ever in the U.S. There are three times as many hospitalized this year as last. Hospital beds in some parts...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jan 11, 2018
Recalled ice cream treats may be contaminated
WALKER, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Meijer has issued a recall of their Meijer brand Purple Cow Orange Cream Bars with a sell by date of November 2018. Apparently there is a problem with listeria, which h...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jan 09, 2018
Red Cross needs blood
UNDATED (WKZO AM/FM) — Winter is typically a bad time for blood donations but this year has been particularly problematical because of the cold spell that began around Christmas. Todd Kuhlman wi...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jan 09, 2018
Wrong-way drivers target of new campaign
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Kalamazoo is at the crossing of U.S. 131 and I-94, and we have seen what wrong way drivers can do on a divided highway. MDOT wants to reduce the number of people who dri...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jan 09, 2018




