Author Archives: Ken Delaney
DNR to hold prescribed burn Tuesday at Gourdneck Prairie in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is planning what they call a prescribed burn Tuesday, April 9 in the Gourdneck Prairie in the southwest portion of the City of P...
Apr 08, 2024
Final year of US-131 rebuilding in Kalamazoo County begins next Monday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A major multi-year roadway project in Kalamazoo County resumes next Monday. Work on the second year of the two-year, $51 million project to rebuild and repave 13.4 miles o...
Apr 08, 2024
Work to rebuild US-131 bridges over KL Avenue begins April 15 in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM)- While reconstruction work resumes on US 131 itself next week, work will also begin to rebuild the northbound and southbound US-131 bridges over KL Avenue and the Amtrak rai...
Apr 08, 2024 Biker loads his bike onto the Amtrak train. (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
Michigan gas prices drop this week, but still higher than last month
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are down eight cents compared to last week with drivers are now paying an average of $3.54 per gallon for regular unleaded. AAA Michigan says the pri...
Apr 08, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Tax credits of $3 million for new Kalamazoo and Battle Creek housing projects
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Housing projects in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek were among 22 across the state that are receiving financial support through a federal tax credits program. Low-Income Housin...
Apr 05, 2024 alexraths / Depositphotos.com
Hall critical of Whitmer program that offers rent assistance to some asylum seekers
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Republican Leader Matt Hall of Kalamazoo County Thursday criticized Governor Gretchen Whitmer's Newcomer Rental Subsidy program which they say offers benefits...
Apr 04, 2024 State Representative Matt Hall (left)
Kalamazoo man who posed on woman online sentenced in child pornography case
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man who police say posed as a woman online to entice boys to send nude photos of themselves to him was sentenced to almost 20 years in prison Tuesday. Tariq...
Apr 02, 2024 Karen Neoh / CC
Trump slams what he calls "Biden's Border Bloodbath"
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Donald Trump is slamming President Biden's handling of the U.S.-Mexico border. During a campaign stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan today, Trump claimed Biden is allowing a...
Apr 02, 2024 Former President Donald Trump in Grand Rapids, MI April 2, 2024
Governor takes part in ribbon cutting for Kalamazoo housing development
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was in Kalamazoo Tuesday to recognize Zone 32, a new development now leasing in the Northside neighborhood, providing 12 new homes and a...
Apr 02, 2024 (courtesy Office of the Governor)
Southwest Michigan First Chamber to host business townhall Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Community leaders will be providing updates on projects in Kalamazoo at the Southwest Michigan First Chamber's Quarterly Downtown Business Townhall Tuesday afternoon. The ...
Apr 01, 2024 (courtesy Southwest Michigan First Chamber)
