Category Archives: State News
AUDIO: AG Nessel says Line 5 case should be in state, not federal, court
CINCINNATI, OH (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is urging the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati to return the lawsuit over Enbridge Energy's Line 5 oil pipeline to state...
Mar 22, 2024 Nessel held a closed door briefing with the Kalamazoo SAKI team , which includes a Victim Advocate from the YWCA, before holding a press conference at the Kalamazoo YWCA at 353 East Michigan
Avenue in downtown Kalamazoo. (Photo provided by John McNeill)
Rogers widens lead among Michigan Republicans in effort to win U.S. Senate seat
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new poll shows widespread support among Michigan Republicans for former congressman Mike Rogers in his bid to replace U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow. Mitchell Research and C...
Mar 21, 2024 Former congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers (courtesy Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate)
MSP say armed man killed Monday night in Coldwater Officer Involved Shooting
COLDWATER, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Michigan State Police say a man was shot and killed by police Monday night on Lucky Drive in Coldwater after he confronted the State Police Emergency Support Team with ...
Mar 19, 2024 Officer Involved Shooting graphic (courtesy Michigan State Police)
Gas prices keep going up in Michigan
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices continue to set highs for the year in Michigan. AAA Michigan says the average price is now $3.65, up nine cents from last week and the new high for 2024. The pri...
Mar 18, 2024
AUDIO: Four years later, WMU professor says high school age students might have been affected most by pandemic
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - This week marks the marks four-year anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic. Among other things, it began a cascade of school and...
Mar 15, 2024 Western Michigan University professor Dr. Regena Fails Nelson (courtesy WMU)
Michigan school shooter's father convicted of manslaughter
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -A Michigan jury on Thursday convicted the father of a teenager who fatally shot four classmates at a high school near Detroit of manslaughter after prosecutors argued he bore...
Mar 14, 2024
RNC sues Secretary Of State over voter rolls
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is being sued by the Republican National Committee over what the RNC says are inflated voter rolls. The party says 53 of the state'...
Mar 14, 2024 (courtesy of the State of Michigan at michigan.gov/sos)
Body found inside Battle Creek home after fire Monday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After initially believing there were no injuries in a Monday morning house fire, Battle Creek authorities say a body was found in the home Tuesday. Crews with the Battl...
Mar 12, 2024 (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Trump endorses former Congressman Rogers for U.S. Senate
BRIGHTON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Congressman Mike Rogers has won the endorsement of former President Donald Trump as Rogers seeks the U.S. Senate seat in Michigan. The Brighton Republican served in ...
Mar 12, 2024 Matt Johnson / CC
Three arrested following investigation into drug smuggling at Coldwater prison
COLDWATER, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Three persons have been arrested following an investigation by the Michigan State Police and the Lakeland Correctional Facility into the smuggling of drugs into the Coldwat...
Mar 12, 2024
