State News
Governor Whitmer signs executive order to lower gas prices
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed an executive order to declare a state of energy emergency in ...
Apr 03, 2026
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Enbridge lawsuit against Michigan allowed to proceed by U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, DC (WKZO AM/FM) - The lawsuit filed by Enbridge over their efforts to build a tunnel under the Straits of Mackina...
Apr 02, 2026
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Distracted drivers on I-94 targeted by police yesterday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police had extra patrols out along Interstate 94 from the Indiana border to Po...
Apr 02, 2026
Man sentenced for setting Michigan State Police vehicles on fire
CHIPPEWA COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Florida man who pled no contest in January to third-degree arson, terrorism, and assault...
Apr 01, 2026
Another lawsuit filed by marijuana industry against wholesale tax
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Cannabis Industry Association has filed another lawsuit against the state Treasury De...
Apr 01, 2026
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SoS Benson: Trump's executive order on elections "illegal on its face"
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says President Donald Trump is breaking the law with hi...
Apr 01, 2026
Muskegon Heights police capture woman who escaped over weekend
MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police in Muskegon Heights say they have recaptured a woman who was seen escaping from a ...
Apr 01, 2026
Muskegon Heights police searching for woman who escaped in viral video
MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A viral video that has circulated on social media since Saturday afternoon of a handcuffe...
Mar 31, 2026
Bipartisan bills to lower housing costs appear doomed in Lansing
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 31, 2026) - The issue of creating more housing in Michigan was getting some static in Lansing. ...
Mar 31, 2026
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FBI: Suburban Detroit synagogue attack was Hezbollah-inspired terrorism
WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The FBI says the attack on March 12th at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Townshi...
Mar 31, 2026
MPSC approves Consumers Energy rate hike of $226-million
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy has received the approval from the Michigan Public Service Commission to raise ra...
Mar 30, 2026
Michigan's average gas price up 4¢
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The weekly rise in the average gas price in Michigan has slowed down, rising 4¢ a gallon. Tr...
Mar 30, 2026
Republicans pick Lloyd as attorney general candidate and Forlini for secretary of state at convention Saturday
NOVI, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Republican Party has endorsed longtime Eaton County Prosecutor Doug Lloyd for the state'...
Mar 28, 2026
Retired Detroit Police sergeant arraigned, denied bond on rape charges
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Retired Detroit Police Sergeant Benjamin Wagner is held without bond in the Wayne County Jail afte...
Mar 27, 2026
State Senate bill would mandate driving tests for people 75 and older
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Senate is considering a bill that would require all drivers over 75-years-old to have...
Mar 27, 2026
Poll: Michiganders feel country on wrong track
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The United States is on the wrong track according to the results of a poll from Marketing Resource...
Mar 26, 2026
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Former House Speaker Joe Tate not seeking reelection
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Michigan House Speaker Joe Tate is not seeking a fifth term. The Detroit Democrat was House...
Mar 26, 2026
Governor Whitmer says she doesn't know what's next after term ends
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The second and final term for Governor Gretchen Whitmer will expire on January 1st, and she says s...
Mar 24, 2026
U.S. Labor Secretary visits Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer spent part of Monday visiting Pro Services Academy in ...
Mar 24, 2026
Michigan gas prices up 33¢ in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are at their highest level since August, 2023. AAA Michigan says the avera...
Mar 23, 2026
