Category Archives: State News
Michigan State says no thanks
EAST LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — Michigan State University is saying "no" to the National Policy Institute and white nationalist Richard Spencer, after the group asked to rent a venue on campus for a...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 18, 2017
Teen killed in Allegan County crash
FENNVILLE (WKZO-AM/FM) — A 18-year-old woman from the Pullman area is dead after a two-vehicle crash Thursday at 118th Avenue and Blue Star Highway. Allegan County Sheriff’s deputies say R...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 18, 2017
Teachers picket KPS over contract talks
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — Labor unrest among teachers in Kalamazoo Public Schools has prompted the district to take the unprecedented step of releasing their bargaining position to the public. Hu...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 18, 2017
New petition initiatives clear the first hurdle
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — The State Board of Canvassers has approved the language on three more voter initiatives that would appear on the November 2018 ballot if the sponsors can collect enough si...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 18, 2017
FEMA awards Allegan Fire District firefighters grant
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – The Allegan Fire District has received a federal grant to purchase new equipment. The grant is from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Assistance to Firefighter...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 18, 2017
Legislation clarifies dead red light rules
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — State Sen. Rick Jones, R-Grand Legde, has authored legislation that would clarify what drivers should do when they approach an intersection with a dead traffic light. Yo...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 17, 2017
Suspect in dismemberment charged with murder
MUSKEGON (WKZO AM/FM) — A West Michigan man who is suspected of shooting a friend he met in jail, chopping him up with a chain saw and distributing the body parts over two counties, has now been...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 17, 2017
Their college major is beer, how cool is that?
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — A lot of college students may be "majoring in beer" to the despair of their parents, but the student brewers at Kalamazoo Valley Community College can really take some p...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 17, 2017
Two train-pedestrian incidents in two nights
LAWTON (WKZO-AM/FM) — A man was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Lawton, in Van Buren County, on Wednesday. A spokesperson for the rail line said the Wolverine 355 was headed toward Chica...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 17, 2017
Man painted as white-supremacist claims he is not
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — The Craft Draft 2-Go tap room was closed Wednesday night and there is no telling how long it may remain closed after one of the co-owners, Aaron VanArdsdale, was exposed...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 17, 2017




