State News

Mon, February 06, 2012

Extended Unemployment Benefits End for Some Michigan Residents

LANSING (WKZO) -- The long-term unemployed have lost a safety net.  The federal Extended Benefit system gives up to another 20 weeks of unemployment pay ...

Mon, February 06, 2012

Distracted Driving Increases in Michigan

LANSING (WKZO) -- A recently released statewide report shows distracted driving in Michigan is getting worse.  According to the report, in the past decade about ...

Mon, February 06, 2012

Michigan Debate Over Right To Work Heating Up

LANSING (WKZO) -- Now that Indiana has become the first right to work state in the Midwest, discussions about whether or not Michigan will follow ...

Mon, February 06, 2012

Hoekstra Taking Heat Over Super Bowl Ad

UNDATED (WKZO) -- Former Congressman Pete Hoekstra is taking heat for his Super Bowl ad which has been called everything from inaccurate to misleading to ...

Sun, February 05, 2012

Karl Guenther column: "Stop the nonsense before it can't be recalled"

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- The lead line on the news release from U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announces “blueprint for stronger service to increase efficiency ...

Sat, February 04, 2012

DNR continues investigation of domestic oil dump in Kalamazoo River

BATTLE CREEK (WKZO) -- Two Battle Creek scrappers could face criminal prosecution and restitution for the latest oil spill on the Kalamazoo River. 

The DNR ...

Sat, February 04, 2012

Fleet of drones looking for home in Battle Creek

BATTLE CREEK (WKZO) -- There is new hope at Fort Custer.  Battle Creek’s Air National Guard Base

has been caught in the middle of ...

Sat, February 04, 2012

Identity of intoxicated man who "vandalized" car revealed

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- The name of the suspect in a tragic and twisted case of drunk driving in a Kalamazoo parking ramp has been revealed ...

Sat, February 04, 2012

Lawton police officer cleared for duty following Galesburg man shooting

PAW PAW (WKZO) -- The prosecutor is calling it a justifiable homicide.

The Lawton Police officer involved in a shooting that left a Galesburg man ...

Fri, February 03, 2012

Kellogg and Sara Lee fourth-quarter income soars