Category Archives: State News
Lottery, one down one to go
UNDATED (WKZO AM/FM) — No winners so far in The Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots which are both above 300-million dollars, for the first time at the same time in history. There were apparent...
localnews@mwcradio.com Dec 30, 2017
UPDATE: Bond hearing for murder suspect delayed
MUSKEGON (WKZO AM/FM) — The man being held following the death investigation of Sheila Bonge of Muskegon County will have to wait until Tuesday for a bond hearing and arraignment, not that he is...
localnews@mwcradio.com Dec 30, 2017
Lake Effect New Years in West Michigan
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Winter weather advisories are in effect in Kalamazoo and Kalamazoo counties and Weather Warnings are in effect along the lakeshore as the Lake Effect Machine is turned t...
localnews@mwcradio.com Dec 30, 2017
Services planned for murdered WMU cheerleader
DETROIT (WKZO AM/FM) — Visitation will be held today in Detroit for WMU Cheerleader Damond Carpenter, and funeral services will be held tomorrow following his senseless and violent death. He was...
localnews@mwcradio.com Dec 29, 2017
Bill would ban tax dollars for sex settlements
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — A state lawmaker says he is drafting a bill that would prevent Michigan State University, or any Michigan college from using taxpayer funds to pay off sex abuse settlement...
localnews@mwcradio.com Dec 29, 2017
Anti-opioid measures signed at State Capitol
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — District Judge Linda Davis says the families she sees in her courtroom, are sometimes devastated by opioid addiction and overdoses. She says she is reminded of the heart-w...
localnews@mwcradio.com Dec 28, 2017
Is your car ready for this?
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Weather this cold can begin to test and strain the systems of our vehicles, the one piece of machinery that we depend on and that most of us leave outdoors a good part o...
localnews@mwcradio.com Dec 28, 2017
It can be dangerous when it gets this cold
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — When temperatures dip as low as they have been in West Michigan, especially at night, exposure for just 15 to 30 minutes can cause frostbite. Emergency Room Physicians s...
localnews@mwcradio.com Dec 28, 2017
WMU cheerleader killed by gunfire in Detroit
DETROIT (WKZO AM/FM) — A Western Michigan University cheerleader who was home for the holidays was killed when he apparently became an innocent bystander, caught in a hailstorm of bullets fired ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Dec 27, 2017
Mendon superintendent dies in tree trimming accident
MENDON, MI (WTVB) – Mendon Community Schools Superintendent Roger Rathburn has died, following what is being described as a tragic accident at Sauganash Golf Course in Three Rivers Michigan Stat...
localnews@mwcradio.com Dec 27, 2017




