Category Archives: State News
Thousands are flocking to Detroit for NFL Draft that begins Thursday
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Detroit officials say the city is getting a travel surge this week with the NFL Draft set for Thursday through Sunday. Downtown hotels have wait lists and Airbnb officials s...
Apr 23, 2024 (courtesy Visit Detroit)
Two children killed after suspected drunk driver crashes into building hosting birthday party
BERLIN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Monroe County Sheriff Troy Goodnough says a 66-year-old woman has been arrested for drunk driving after she crashed into a birthday party for a child Saturday aftern...
Apr 22, 2024 zeferli@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
Union man claims $1 million Powerball prize from April 6 drawing
LANSING, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Cass County man won a $1 million Powerball prize in the April 6 drawing and came within one number of winning almost a half billion dollars. 31-year-old Cain Bice of Union ...
Apr 22, 2024 Henita May / CC
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be on Michigan presidential ballot
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be on Michigan's presidential ballot in November as the Natural Law Party nominee. Kennedy was working on collecting 12,000 signatures needed to b...
Apr 19, 2024 (courtesy of the State of Michigan at michigan.gov/sos)
Fewer Michigan inmates are going back to prison after their release
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new study from the Michigan Department of Corrections says less inmates released from prison are heading back again. The study of over 6,000 inmates who left prison in 202...
Apr 18, 2024 (courtesy Michigan Department of Corrections)
AUDIO: Nuclear Regulatory Commission holds forum on future of Palisades
BENTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is inspecting the Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert Township near South Haven to ensure when it restarts it will be safe. The...
Apr 18, 2024
Democrats regain control of Michigan House after two special election wins Tuesday
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Democrats have regained their two-seat majority in the Michigan House of Representatives with yesterday's special elections in Wayne and Macomb counties. In the 13th House D...
Apr 17, 2024 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Former Michigan State House Speaker, wife charged on multiple counts
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield is being charged with 13 counts of embezzlement, conspiracy, and larceny and faces decades in prison. Attorney General Dana Nesse...
Apr 17, 2024
U.S. nuclear regulators to hold meeting on Holtec's license for Palisades Plant Wednesday
BENTON HARBOR, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The future of the Palisades Power Plant site in Van Buren County's Covert Township will be discussed Wednesday evening. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is holding a ...
Apr 16, 2024
Whitmer: Anyone in Michigan illegally should not get state benefits
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Whitmer says anyone in the state illegally should not have any access to state benefits. She said that in response to a question in Grand Rapids yesterday abou...
Apr 16, 2024 Gov. Whitmer signs legislations No. 20, 2023 at the YWCA in Kalamazoo, MI (courtesy Office of the Governor)
