Category Archives: State News
Trump to hold rally in Grand Rapids Tuesday
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former President Donald Trump is planning another campaign rally in Michigan. His team announced Trump will be in Grand Rapids Tuesday to deliver remarks at 2:30 p.m. a...
Mar 29, 2024 Matt Johnson / CC
Netflix releases trailer for Pop-Tart movie set in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Netflix says a movie about the creation of Kellogg's Pop-Tart in Battle Creek in 1963 will be released May 3. Called "Unfrosted: Thee Pot-Tart Story," the movie is dire...
Mar 29, 2024 (screenshot courtesy of Netflix)
Former owner of Dark Horse Brewery pleads guilty to 20-year felony
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The former owner of Dark Horse Brewery in Marshall had pled guilty to stealing money from his employees. 47-year-old Aaron Morse of Marshall entered a guilty plea in Ca...
Mar 27, 2024 (courtesy Dark Horse Brewery)
Department of Energy announces $1.52 billion loan to reopen Palisades Nuclear Power Plant
COVERT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Local and state lawmakers are praising the U.S. Department of Energy's decision on the conditional commitment of up to $1.52 billion for a loan to repower Palisades Nuclear P...
Mar 27, 2024
New poll shows Biden gaining ground in swing states, tied with Trump in Michigan
NEW YORK, NY (WKZO AM/FM) - A new poll shows President Biden gaining ground against Donald Trump in six swing states, with the race dead even in Michigan. The latest Bloomberg News - Morning Consult p...
Mar 27, 2024 palinchak / Depositphotos.com
Granholm talks about new federal program to certify battery plant workers
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - U.S. Department of Energy Secretary and former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm says the Biden administration has a new pilot program to get battery plant workers certifi...
Mar 27, 2024 U.S. Energy Secretary and former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm (courtesy U.S, Department of Energy)
MSU settle racial discrimination lawsuit
EAST LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State University will pay a former Police and Public Safety Department employee $25,000 to settle her federal civil rights lawsuit. Crystal Perry filed the law...
Mar 27, 2024 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
Greenfield Village reopens April 13
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One of Michigan's top tourist attractions is scheduled to reopen for the season next month. Greenfield Village will April 13 with limited hours. The village includes an upd...
Mar 25, 2024 (courtesy Library of Congress)
AAA Michigan: Despite price drop this week, gas average is still 32 cents higher than this time last month
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are down seven cents from last week, with drivers are now paying an average of $3.57 per gallon for regular unleaded. AAA Michigan says that price is...
Mar 25, 2024 (courtesy AAA Michigan)
No injuries in hotel fire near Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Firefighters say no one was hurt in a fire at the Days Inn and Suites near the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport Sunday afternoon. Kalamazoo Public Safety was c...
Mar 25, 2024
