Category Archives: State News
Consumers Energy workers to assist with Irma damage
JACKSON, MI (WTVB) – As hurricane Irma threatens Florida, Consumers Energy announced Thursday that over 200 employees and contracted personnel will be heading south to assist local electric comp...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 07, 2017
Women pay more in Michigan for auto insurance than men
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – A new study from the Coalition Protecting Auto No-Fault (CPAN) finds women in Michigan are being charged more than men for auto insurance by some companies. The Insura...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 07, 2017
Mastodon bones found in West Michigan
BYRON TOWNSHIP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – Bones found in Byron Township near the Kent Trails last week have been identified as mastodon bones. Experts with the University of Michigan say the bones are a...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 07, 2017
No-fault auto insurance reform proposal dead
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – A proposal to mandate auto insurance rates is dead in the state Senate. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan proposed that auto insurance rates be cut by 30-percent. Senate Minor...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 07, 2017
Recovering Kopf returns to school
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM/FM) — Abigail Kopf, the youngest survivor of the Kalamazoo area’s deadly shooting rampage last year, went back to class in Harper Creek yesterday. Vickie Kopf, Abigai...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 06, 2017
DACA decision sparks Kalamazoo protest
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — Arrests followed as hundreds turned out for a rally in Bronson Park in Kalamazoo to protest after the Trump administration announced it would be ending the DACA program ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 06, 2017
Huizenga Statement on DACA
WASHINGTON, DC (WHTC-AM/FM) – President Trump is calling on Congress to fix DACA. On Tuesday, September 5, the President is rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals-program. The prog...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 06, 2017
Fifth victim in weekend crash identified
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM/FM) — The Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of the five of the youngsters who were killed in a fiery crash in Comstock Township early Satu...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 05, 2017
Upton, Congress ready to "Do Your Job" on DACA
WASHINGTON (WHTC-AM/FM) – In the wake of the Trump Administration’s Tuesday decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, one that shields roughly 800 thousand undocu...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 05, 2017
I-69/I-94 interchange work slated to start next week
MARSHALL (WKZO-AM/FM) — The Michigan Department of Transportation says crews will begin work next week re-paving the pothole-marred interchange connecting Interstates 69 and 94 near Marshall. MD...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 05, 2017




