Category Archives: State News
Two tornadoes hit Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - At least two tornadoes touched down in Michigan yesterday. The National Weather Service says an EF-1 tornado hit suburban Detroit in Livonia and killed a two-year-old boy an...
Jun 06, 2024 Lori Higgins took this picture of a tornado touching down on Prairie Corners Road, just south of Mendon. Courtesy Clayton Lyczynski II - Community Connector Facebook page
$15 minimum wage not on November ballot in Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Voters in Michigan will not get to sound off on a $15 minimum wage in the November election. The Michigan Supreme Court has paused the effort by One Fair Wage by not hearing...
Jun 05, 2024 Chris Potter / CC
Utility partners with farm for unique solar and methane generating facility near Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy broke ground Thursday on two renewable energy projects in partnership with Spring Creek Farms, launching the state's first AgriEnergy center northwest ...
May 30, 2024 (courtesy Consumers Energy)
Whitmer calls for 115,000 new housing units in Michigan by September 2026
MACKINAC ISLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is increasing the number of housing units she wants built in the state. At the 2024 Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce Mackinac ...
May 30, 2024 The Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan (courtesy Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce)
Police clear Pro-Palestinian protesters from Wayne State University campus
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Pro-Palestinian demonstrators are facing charges after police cleared a protest encampment on Wayne State University's Detroit campus. Officers moved in Thursday morning and...
May 30, 2024 (courtesy Wayne State University)
Brandon Ortiz-Vite ordered to stand trial for girlfriend's murder
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Twenty-five-year-old Brandon Ortiz-Vite has been ordered to stand trial on charges including murder and carjacking for the shooting death of his girlfriend, Ruby Garcia...
May 30, 2024 Joe Gratz
Michigan Attorney General files charges against Michigan State Police detective
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is charging Michigan State Police detective sergeant Brian Keely with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the dea...
May 29, 2024 (screenshot from video released by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel May 28, 2024)
Policy makers, business leaders, and politicians all gather on Mackinac Island this week
MACKINAC ISLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce's Mackinac Policy Conference is underway, bringing together politicians, business leaders, and more from the entire state on...
May 29, 2024 (courtesy Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce)
Study: Michigan teacher salaries rank 41st in the nation
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Teacher salaries in Michigan are now under the national average. A report published by the Education Policy Innovation Collaborative at Michigan State University finds the a...
May 28, 2024 misskprimary / CC
Gas prices up 11-cents in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices are eleven-cents a gallon higher than last week in the state. Triple-A Michigan says the average is now $3,66, down six-cents from last month and four-cents high...
May 28, 2024
