Category Archives: State News
UPDATE: Out of state crews assisting Consumers Energy in power restoration effort
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy says it's launched a large-scale restoration effort as over 410 crews mobilized to the hardest-hit areas of the state after a severe thunderstorm with dam...
Jun 25, 2024 (courtesy Consumers Energy)
Thousands still without power after Tuesday morning severe thunderstorms
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As West Michigan recovers from another round of storms that hit the state Tuesday morning, Consumers Energy says it has hundreds of line workers working to restore power a...
Jun 25, 2024 Consumers Energy Outage Map screenshot June 25, 2024
AAA: Michigan gas prices drop six cents from last week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are down six cents from a week ago, with drivers now paying an average of $3.51 per gallon for regular unleaded. That price is 18 cents less than thi...
Jun 24, 2024 (courtesy AAA Michigan)
Former Hartford police chief receives sentence of 40 months to 20 years
HARTFORD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -Former Hartford Police Chief Tressa Beltran was sentenced Monday in Van Buren County Circuit Court to 40 months to 20 years in jail for one count of Using a Computer to Comm...
Jun 24, 2024 (courtesy City of Hartford, MI)
Federal debt at $2B; bi-partisan House panel looks to address that
WASHINGTON (WHTC/WKZO) - An overlooked topic during this Presidential election year is the federal deficit. Earlier this week, the Congressional Budget Office issued an update to the budget and econom...
Jun 21, 2024
Federal appellate panel moves Nessel's Enbridge case to state court
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Attorney General Dana Nessel's case against Enbridge over the company's oil pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac has been sent to state court by a federal appellate panel. Ne...
Jun 18, 2024 (screenshot from video released by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel May 28, 2024)
Gas prices jump 14 cents a gallon in Michigan
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Drivers in Michigan are paying 14 cents more a gallon on average to start this week. AAA Michigan says the average price is now $3.57, a penny more than last month and thre...
Jun 17, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Trump campaigns in Detroit over the weekend
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former President Trump is trying to reach out to Black voters, speaking to Black community leaders and headlining an event Saturday in Detroit. Trump told the crowd Michigan...
Jun 17, 2024 palinchak / Depositphotos.com
Eight counties under Clean Air Action Day
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Eight west Michigan counties are under a Clear Air Action Day declared by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes & Energy. Allegan, Barry, Cass, Kent, ...
Jun 17, 2024 EGLE awards 1.1 million dollars in grants; three West Michigan groups get funding (logo courtesy of state EGLE)
Up to 10 shot, wounded at Detroit area water park, police say
(Reuters) - As many as 10 people, including children, were shot and wounded at a city-run water park near Detroit on Saturday evening, police said, calling the incident random gunfire. The suspect was...
Jun 15, 2024
