Category Archives: State News
International Traffic Light Day is Monday
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Although there has been an increased development and construction of roundabouts in Michigan, one of the oldest ways of traffic control celebrates an anniversary on Mond...
Aug 05, 2024 stuartmiles / Depositphotos.com
Supreme Court ruling means new Michigan minimum wage law will take effect February 2025
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While some organizations representing restaurant workers in the state are applauding the decision as a victory for workers in Michigan, the Michigan Restaurant and Lodging A...
Jul 31, 2024 Tom Chapman / CC
Hit-and-run in Mecosta Co. highlights golf cart safety on roadways
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM, July 31, 2024) - A Tuesday evening incident in Mecosta County highlighted the risks when a golf cart is on a roadway instead of a fairway. According to the sheriff's department t...
Jul 31, 2024 bebuntoon / Depositphotos.com
SOS Benson proposes "panic button" system for poll workers, election officials' safety
DETROIT (WHTC/WKZO) - It is one thing to question the integrity of the election process, but another to take things into one's own hands. That's the premise behind a "panic button" communication syste...
Jul 30, 2024 Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson during a July 29, 2024 press conference. (YouTube image courtesy State of Michigan)
AUDIO: Consumers Energy working to trim trees to minimize power outages
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Over 300 Consumers Energy crews are busy around the entire state trimming trees that are in danger of falling on power lines and interrupting people's electricity. Utility...
Jul 30, 2024 (courtesy Consumers Energy)
Protracted storm-related refinery repairs in Joliet affecting gas prices regionally
DEARBORN, MI (WHTC/WKZO) - Two weeks after a tornado narrowly missed a key regional fuel refinery outside of Chicago, gas prices have yet to recover in Michigan and throughout the Midwest. Officials w...
Jul 29, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
State gives just over $1.6 million for relief from May 7 tornadoes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Just over $1.6 million has been given to Branch, Cass, Kalamazoo, and Berrien counties for the May 7 tornadoes. The money was used for debris removal and other storm-relat...
Jul 29, 2024 Governor Whitmer announces record number of health insurance enrollees (Photo by John McNeil).
Michigan gas prices up 10-cents in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are up 10-cents a gallon in the past week. Triple-A Michigan says the price is at $3.78 a gallon, down from a 2024 record high of $3.81 set on Friday...
Jul 29, 2024
Professional misconduct case still not decided as Portage attorney seeks Michigan Supreme Court nomination
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Despite calling the case a political persecution by the state and saying he is certain he'll be vindicated, professional misconduct charges filed against Portage attorney Ma...
Jul 26, 2024 Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Kalamazoo area attorney Matthew DePerno in his bid for Michigan Attorney General in 2022 (courtesy of Deperno for Michigan)
Dreyer to attempt solo swim across Lake Michigan again
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 26, 2024) - If at first you don't succeed, you try and try again. That's old axiom applies to Jim Dreyer, the soon-to-be 61-year-old Grand Haven ultra-marathon swimme...
Jul 26, 2024 Jim Dreyer before a 25-mile training swim at North Park Beach in Ferrysburg, Michigan, on June 29, 2024.
Photo: Jonatha McAdams
