Category Archives: State News
Medal Of Honor Recipient Returns To West Michigan
CASCADE TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – A South Haven man who recently received the nation’s highest honor is back home. James McCloughan was welcomed home at Gerald R. Ford International Airport b...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 03, 2017
$1 million set aside for CWD research
LANSING (WKZO-AM/FM) — Legislators have set aside $1 million in Michigan’s 2018 budget to study chronic wasting disease in the state’s deer population. There have been limited report...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 02, 2017
Person of interest in disappearance surrenders passport
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — Court documents claim when Christopher Lockhart was arrested Monday morning for tampering with his alcohol monitor, he had $2,300 cash in his wallet and his passport wit...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 02, 2017
Governor's Carp Challenge is underway
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — The Army Corp of Engineers is set to release their long awaited Brandon Road plan to stop Asian carp from entering the great Lakes next week. But there are no guarantees t...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 02, 2017
Appeal in biking tragedy denied
PORTAGE (WKZO-AM/FM) — The Michigan Court of Appeals has declined to hear a motion from the attorney of Charles Pickett Jr. to drop second-degree murder charges after he allegedly ran over nine ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 02, 2017
Western Michigan University's new president on the job
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — Western Michigan University’s new president met with the local media on his first day on the job Tuesday. Dr. Edward Montgomery said he became interested in the jo...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 02, 2017
U.S. Education Secretary DeVos Returns Home To West Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos paid a visit to West Michigan and spoke about the tough confirmation battle she endured. DeVos was in Grand Rapids visiting t...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 02, 2017
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore To Be On U.S. Quarters
DETROIT, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – A Michigan landmark will appear on U.S. quarters next year. Pictured Rocks National Park has been picked by the U.S. Mint as one of the designs for the 2018 America Th...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 02, 2017
National Night Out Tuesday
LANSING – It’s National Night Out tonight, with neighborhoods across mid-Michigan, and the country, gathering to have some fun and to foster better relationships with commuities and law en...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 01, 2017
Schools to open early
LANSING – Over 120 school districts in Michigan will open before Labor Day this year. The State Department of Education reports that it has issued waivers to those districts to begin classes ear...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 01, 2017




