Author Archives: Ken Delaney
Funding requests being taken for 2024 Kalamazoo County Housing Millage allocations
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An online portal has been opened for developers and nonprofits to apply for funding from the Kalamazoo County Housing Millage, to help fund affordable housing projects. Th...
Dec 19, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo County)
Supplemental spending signing allows Kalamazoo U.S. 131 Interchange project to be fully funded
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer Monday signed a supplemental spending bill that included the remaining $3.9 million needed to construct the U.S. 131 Interchange Business Loop in K...
Dec 18, 2023 The planned rebuild of the U.S. 131 Interchange Business Loop in Kalamazoo County (courtesy State Senator Sean McCann)
Multiple accidents close down snowy eastbound I-94 near Mattawan Monday
MATTAWAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A stretch of eastbound I-94 between the Mattawan and Oshtemo Township exits was closed Monday morning into the afternoon due to multiple crashes, including a semi-tractor t...
Dec 18, 2023 Michigan Department of Transportation snowplow (Photo by MDOT)
KDPS looking into three shootings in one night, with two victims hospitalized
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says officers responded to three separate reports of shots fired within a four-hour window of time over the weekend, but say whet...
Dec 18, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Kalamazoo man to receive Carnegie Medal for heroism today
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 4th District Congressman Bill Huizenga this morning will present a Carnegie Medal to a Kalamazoo man who saved a boy from drowning in Lake Michigan. Gerold Prather will rece...
Dec 18, 2023 (courtesy The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission)
Snowy weather on the way, Winter Weather Advisory for Monday into Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The National Weather Service says a quick shot of winter weather is expected from Monday morning to Tuesday morning for Kalamazoo County and the surrounding region. Accord...
Dec 17, 2023
Man dies after hitting tree in Kalamazoo County's Ross Township
ROSS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Battle Creek man was killed when his vehicle hit a tree in Kalamazoo County's Ross Township Saturday afternoon. Around 12:30 p.m., deputies with the Kalamazoo County...
Dec 16, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: One dead, one injured in Battle Creek shooting Saturday evening
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect is still at large after a 22-year-old woman was killed and a 44-year-old man was critically injured from apparent gunshot wounds in Battle Creek Saturday even...
Dec 16, 2023 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
Paw Paw woman receives serious injuries in I-94 crash Friday morning
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 41-year-old Paw Paw woman apparently lost control of her vehicle and crashed into the median wall on westbound I-94 near Oakland Drive Friday morning. Michigan State Polic...
Dec 16, 2023 A crash on I-94 near Oakland Drive Dec. 15, 2023 (courtesy Michigan State Police)
Discover Kalamazoo in planning stages for possible new youth sports complex
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo tourism officials say their study shows a new youth sports complex for the county would boost tourism, in addition to providing more recreational opportunities. ...
Dec 15, 2023 Possible layout for a new youth sports complex in Kalamazoo (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
