Category Archives: State News
Report of chorine gas leak sparks response
EDWARDSBURG (WKZO AM/FM) — Reports of chlorine leaking from a train car as it rolled through southern Michigan triggered the mobilization of emergency and hazardous materials teams Saturday even...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 06, 2017
Software glitch blamed for steering issue
DETROIT (WKZO AM/FM) — GM is recalling over 700-thousand Chevrolet and GM pickup trucks over a steering issue. The 2014 Chevy Silverado LD and GMC Sierra LD apparently has a software and voltage...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 06, 2017
Man seriously injured in roll-over
CASCO TOWNSHIP (WKZO AM/FM) — A man who rolled his pick-up truck in a field along 66th Street, near 106th Avenue was rushed to Bronson South Haven with life-threatening injuries after he was eje...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 06, 2017
UPDATE: Vehicle-pedestrian crash results in death
SOUTH HAVEN (WKZO AM/FM) — South Haven Police say a 20-year-old male who was wearing dark clothing and walking along a dark stretch of Blue Star Highway near Superior Street in South Haven was s...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 05, 2017
Immigration raids in west Michigan
UNDATED (WKZO AM/FM) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents spent four days this week rounding up undocumented aliens in West Michigan. Some have pending deportation orders, others have co...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 05, 2017
Officer's death ruled accidental
NORTON SHORES (WKZO-AM/FM) — Michigan State Police investigators have labeled the death of a 34-year-old Norton Shores Police Department officer who wrecked his cruiser in May an accident. It...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 04, 2017
Bond denied for man suspected in double murder
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Formal charges have now been leveled at Zachary Patten in Kalamazoo County for the shooting death of 31-year-old Graciela Portillo-Esparza. The 34-year-old Portage man w...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 04, 2017
Camera With Patients' Photos Stolen From Spectrum Health Doctor
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – A camera which held hundreds of pediatric patients’ photos has been stolen from a doctor’s car according to Spectrum Health. Over 900 patient photos i...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 04, 2017
Man allegedly engaged in a week-long crime spree
UNDATED (WKZO-AM/FM) — Police agencies need your help to locate a man they say has robbed at least seven businesses over the past week in west Michigan and Indiana. They claim Jacob Savickas hit...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 03, 2017
Bug hunt for disease carrier comes up empty
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — When it comes to bug hunts, there are times when no news is the best news. That’s the case with a grant acquired by the Kalamazoo County Health Department to test ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 03, 2017




