LANSING (WKZO) -- How did a con-man get the MEDC to give him a $9.1 million tax break? He simply filled out the forms and gave the state everything they asked for. Richard Short reportedly studied other successful applications and used all the right catch phrases.
MEDC Director Greg Main ...More
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- It was meant to promote the healthiness of balanced vegetarian diets, but Michigan's agriculture industry is steaming mad at Governor Granholm over an official proclamation that Saturday is "Michigan Meatout Day."
Michigan Farm Bureau President Wayne Wood decried the proclamation as being based on the philosophies of ...More
GRAND HAVEN (WKZO) -- A firm that ran into a hornet’s nest of opposition to a plan to put wind Turbines off the coast of Ludington, now wants to also build them about 6 miles off the coast of Ottawa County.
Scandia Wind Off Shore also wants to try to ...More
WARREN (WKZO) -- Warren Police are seeking abuse and abandonment charges against the mother and father of a three-year-old boy left at a children's restaurant. The manager of the Caesarland off of Hoover Road found the boy alone around 9 p.m. on Saturday.
Police Commissioner William Dwyer says the ...More
HURON COUNTY (WKZO) -- There is still a family of wolverines at the Detroit Zoo, but the only known wild wolverine ever seen in Michigan, has been found dead in the Minden State Game Area in Huron County, where it lived alone.
The body was found by hikers Saturday.
Michigan became ...More
UNDATED (WKZO) -- If your plans for spring break include northern Mexico, you may want to change those plans. The State Department is telling Americans to avoid unnecessary travel there because of drug violence.
Spokesman Fred Lash says they are authorizing U.S. Government Employees at 6 consulates in that region ...More
EAST GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO) -- Remember the Dirty Dermatologist? He has now inspired a new law. Dr. Robert Stokes is doing ten years in prison for insurance fraud. One of the allegations made against him by staff was that he would sterilize and reuse needles, sutures and other medical equipment that ...More
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
