Author Archives: Ken Delaney
Year of the Dragon to be celebrated Saturday night at Chenery Auditorium
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Chinese Association of Greater Kalamazoo will welcome in the Year of the Dragon Saturday with their 43rd Annual Kalamazoo Chinese Lunar New Year Gala. Organizers say t...
Feb 08, 2024 (courtesy Christopher Hodshire, Chinese Association of Greater Kalamazoo)
Nine guns seized over weekend in Kalamazoo, totaling 44 to date in 2024
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety continues its push to get guns off the streets, seizing another nine over the weekend. KDPS says the firearms were illegally poss...
Feb 06, 2024 (courtesy KDPS)
Mother of Oxford school shooter found guilty of involuntary manslaughter
PONTIAC, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The mother of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley has been found guilty on all counts in her historic involuntary manslaughter trial. Jennifer Crumbley's son, Ethan, shot...
Feb 06, 2024 Ethan Crumbley mug shot (courtesy of Oakland County Sheriff's department)
Man accused of killing Van Buren County Road Commission worker convicted on two counts
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Hartford man accused for striking and killing a Van Buren County Road Commission worker has been convicted after several hours of jury deliberation. 58-year-old Rene Range...
Feb 05, 2024 Photo of Rene Rangel provided by the Van Buren County Road Commission.
Inmate dies after suffering medical emergency while being processed at the Kalamazoo County Jail
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An independent review will be held after a an inmate died while being processed into the Kalamazoo County Jail early Wednesday morning. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Offi...
Feb 03, 2024 Kalamazoo County Jail (photo by John McNeil)
Longjohn announces bid for open 40th District House seat
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With current 40th District State Representative Christine Morse announcing a run for the newly created open seat in Kalamazoo County's 9th Circuit Court, a Portage doctor ha...
Feb 02, 2024 40th District State House candidate 40th District State
KDPS still looking for suspect vehicle in hit-and-run that seriously injured pedestrian last week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is asking for the public's help as it continues to investigate a hit-and-run accident last week that seriously injured a pedestri...
Feb 02, 2024 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (photo by John Mcneil)
WMU men's basketball drops MAC game at Toledo Tuesday
TOLEDO, OH (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University men's basketball team had five different players score in double-figures in an 88-63 loss at Toledo Tuesday. Titus Wright went 6-for-10 from t...
Jan 31, 2024 (courtesy Kaley Buck, WMU Athletics)
Kalamazoo Go Red for Women Gala set for February 8, Wear Red Day is this Friday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The American Heart Association is commemorating its 100th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of its signature Go Red for Women movement in 2024 with the Kalamazoo Go Red...
Jan 30, 2024
Bell's Brewery Inc. investing millions to increase packaging automation capacity its Comstock Township facility
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bell's Brewery Inc. is investing $2.6 million to boost packaging automation capacity its Comstock Township brewery east of Kalamazoo as a way to produce more varie...
Jan 29, 2024 Bell’s Brewery’s production facility in Comstock Township, east of Kalamazoo. (Courtesy photo)
