DETROIT (WKZO) -- Disgraced Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is free on bond and a decision is expected today on his attorney's bid to have Judge David Groner disqualified. Kilpatrick is charged with violating probation by failing to meet a restitution payment last month. He says he doesn’t have it ...More
LANSING (WKZO) -- A bill that would declare a permanent open season on feral pigs in Michigan cleared the State House this week, and has already been introduced in the Senate.
State Representative Sharon Tyler says that the issue has been a concern among some legislators and others for a while ...More
UNDATED (WKZO) -- The State’s Unemployment rate fell for the 4th straight month in January, but not by much. It dropped from 14.5 in December, to 14.3 a month later. It remains the highest in the U.S. but at least it’s headed in the right direction ...More
Ice Safety
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UNDATED (WKZO) -- With Temperatures in the 50’s it should be painfully obvious that this is no time to go wander out onto the ice on southern Michigan lakes. According to Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard caution is the word of the day when venturing out onto the ice. He ...More
DETROIT (WKZO) -- Disgraced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been arraigned for violating probation, and released on $10-thousand bond. Judge David Groner says he failed to pay $79-thousand dollars on his million dollar fine by the due date. Kilpatrick’s Attorney countered with a motion to have the judge disqualified ...More
NILES TOWNSHIP (WKZO) -- While questions still swirl as to why a Niles teenager may have shot his grandfather, the young suspect has been formally charged. Berrien County Judge Scott Schofield set bond at $100,000. Fourteen -year-old Dakotah Eliason appeared in court by video conferencing from the Berrien County Juvenile ...More
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- President Obama is making one last push to get his healthcare reform plan through Congress, saying that the republican alternative to push it through piece by piece will mean true reform will never happen.
After nearly a year of delay, and decades of debating the issue, West Michigan ...More
DETROIT (WKZO) - They voted in Baghdad and al Kut and KirKuk and in Detroit this weekend. The Embattled nation took one step closer to becoming an independent democracy, as voters filled 325 seats in their new parliament.
There were armed guards at the polling places in Iraq, but it was ...More
LANSING (WKZO) -- Legislation approved by a State House committee would allow the Pere Marquette Amtrak line to continue operations through September. There had been some doubt whether enough funding for the partly subsidized passenger line could be found by the Department of Transportation in time to get through the summer ...More
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- The Number of Toyota drivers who report their cars still have acceleration problems after they were “fixed” has now grown to 15. Toyota finds itself waist deep in allegations, and it may be putting the brakes on the recovery in west Michigan.
After seven straight months of positive ...More
