Category Archives: State News
UPDATE: Murder near Western Michigan University's east campus
UPDATE: Kalamazoo Public Safety confirmed Monday morning a person of interest is in custody on unrelated charges. ORIGINAL STORY: KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — Detectives with Kalamazoo Public Safety...
Jul 22, 2017
State to allow transgender inmates to receive treatment
DETROIT, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – A new policy from the Michigan Department of Corrections will allow inmates to receive transition therapy while incarcerated. Under the old policy inmates were only al...
Jul 21, 2017
Lawmakers propose higher legal age for smokers
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — A State Representative from Battle Creek wants to lift the state's legal smoking age from 18 to 21. Republican John Bizon and three other legislators are co-sponsoring a p...
Jul 21, 2017
USS Gerald R. Ford to be commissioned Saturday
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – The USS Gerald R. Ford will be commissioned Saturday, July 22, Virginia. Construction on the $12.9 billion ship began in 2009. The USS Gerald R. Ford will be the ...
Jul 21, 2017
UPDATE: Double-murder suspect back in Michigan
CENTREVILLE (WKZO AM/FM) — Suspected double-murderer Zachary Patten swapped a cell in the St. Joseph County Jail in South Bend, Ind., for a cell in the St. Joseph County Jail in Centreville over...
Jul 21, 2017
Five-year-old served alcohol at Saugatuck restaurant
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – Authorities are investigating a local restaurant in Saugatuck after receiving information that a five-year-old child was served an alcoholic drink. The Saugatuck-Dou...
Jul 20, 2017
Environmentalists call on Upton to save EPA
ST. JOSEPH (WKZO AM/FM) — A Coalition of area environmental groups is calling on Congressman Fred Upton to stand up for Mother Nature and oppose attempts by the Trump Administration to eviscerat...
Jul 20, 2017
South Haven rededicates renovated lighthouse
SOUTH HAVEN (WKZO-AM/FM) — The restoration of the iconic lighthouse on the pier at South Beach in South Haven has been a labor of love that culminated last night when the community rededicated t...
Jul 20, 2017
Nude woman found in fire station
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM/FM) — Battle Creek officials are trying to solve the mystery of the naked woman. The crew at Fire Station No. 6 in Battle Creek found her lying on the roof of one of their ...
Jul 20, 2017
EXCLUSIVE: State Police involved in naked pursuit
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Michigan State Police handled an unusual vehicle pursuit in Branch County early today which they say included a naked driver who fled from a highway rest area after exposi...
Jul 20, 2017
