Category Archives: State News
Kalamazoo church to hold rally demanding Attorney General Nessel's resignation
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo church, Baptism USA, says they will hold a protest on the steps of the state Capitol Saturday afternoon calling for the resignation of Michigan Attorney Genera...
Aug 12, 2024
Republican VP nominee to hold rally in suburban Grand Rapids Wednesday
BYRON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Republican Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance will hold a rally on Wednesday in Byron Center. The U.S. Senator from Ohio will speak at 2 p.m. at Cordes, Incorporated ...
Aug 12, 2024
Democrats, Republicans hold presidential rallies in metro Detroit
METRO DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz held their largest rally to date last night at Detroit Metro Airport. Harris told supporters ...
Aug 08, 2024
Michigan's first case of Eastern equine encephalitis for 2024 reported in Van Buren County
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is reporting Michigan's first case of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in a domestic animal for 2024. ...
Aug 07, 2024 Enrique Dans / CC
AUDIO: U.S. Senator Peters launches Kalamazoo to the Soo motorcycle tour
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - U.S. Senator Gary Peters is off on an 800-mile motorcycle tour from Kalamazoo to Sault Ste. Marie with other bikers. Peters launched the tour in Kalamazoo for the first ti...
Aug 07, 2024 U.S. Senator Gary Peters in Kalamazoo to start the Kalamazoo to the Soo motorcycle tour
Michigan Task Force 1 deployed to South Carolina for storm response
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Task Force 1 is headed to South Carolina for the threat of flooding from Tropical Storm Debby. The 18 member team is expected to be deployed until August 15. Six ot...
Aug 07, 2024
Slotkin, Rogers win U.S. Senate primaries
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The race for Michigan's U.S. Senate seat in November is set. Democratic Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin beat actor Hill Harper in the primary and former Congressman Mike Rogers...
Aug 06, 2024 U.S. Capitol building. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Secretary of State Benson: Over a million votes cast before today's primary
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says over a million votes have already been cast in today's primary election. Those were done by absentee ballot or by early in-pe...
Aug 06, 2024 Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson during a July 29, 2024 press conference. (YouTube image courtesy State of Michigan)
Michigan Medicine unions fight for better pay, staffing
ANN ARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two labor unions are fighting for their first collective bargaining agreements with the University of Michigan's Michigan Medicine. Workers held an informational picket ou...
Aug 05, 2024
Indiana man dies in two boat crash on Coldwater Lake
OVID TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A Grabil, Indiana man died from his injuries at a Kalamazoo hospital following a collision involving two speed boats on Coldwater Lake near Pearl Beach and the south Pearl R...
Aug 05, 2024
