Author Archives: Ken Delaney
Police make arrest in the May 2023 shooting death of a Kalamazoo man
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Authorities have made an arrest in the shooting death of a 33-year-old Kalamazoo man this spring. Marcus Pierce was shot and killed in the 500 block of Ada Street May 14, ...
Oct 28, 2023 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser. (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
New bike traffic signals installed in downtown Kalamazoo, officials say to create safer routes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - City of Kalamazoo officials say bicyclists riding through downtown will have a safer route, thanks to the installation of new bicycle traffic signals. The new signals are ...
Oct 27, 2023 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Clerks in Kalamazoo County Clerks finalize Early Voting Agreement to start with 2024 elections
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County elections officials are finalizing a collaborative early voting agreement with local jurisdictions in the county to begin with the 2024 elections. A ballo...
Oct 26, 2023 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Jackson man pleads guilty after investigation by Kalamazoo County cold case task force
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 35-year-old Jackson man has pled guilty in Kalamazoo County Circuit to three counts of 3rd degree Criminal Sexual Conduct in a 2010 assault on campus at Western Michigan...
Oct 26, 2023 Karen Neoh / CC
Attorney General sues Kalamazoo company for alleged "fraud and deceptive business practices"
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's Attorney General accusing after a business that set set up shop in Kalamazoo of fraud and deceptive business practices. Dana Nessel's office filed suit in Kalam...
Oct 26, 2023 (courtesy American Air Mavericks website)
Michigan gas prices fall to their lowest level since May
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are down seven cents from a week ago, with drivers are now paying an average of $3.40 per gallon for regular unleaded. This price is 27 cents less th...
Oct 23, 2023 (courtesy AAA Michigan)
Lawrence woman killed in head-on crash in Allegan County Friday morning
TROWBRIDGE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 30-year-old woman is dead and a 71-year-old man is hospitalized following a head-on crash in Allegan County's Trowbridge Township Friday morning. Around 10:00 ...
Oct 20, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Federal government gives Consumers Energy $100 million to help with new Reliability Roadmap
JACKSON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The U.S. Department of Energy Wednesday announced a $100 million grant to Consumers Energy to strengthen Michigan's electric grid. Consumers Energy says the commitment repre...
Oct 18, 2023 (courtesy Consumers Energy)
Bronson Health Foundation announces $4.5 million campaign to support Children's Hospital
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo based Bronson Health Foundation has launched the public phase of a $4.5 million Bronson Children's Hospital Campaign to support programs, services and missio...
Oct 17, 2023 (courtesy Bronson Children's Hospital)
Legislation sparked by Kalamazoo River's Morrow Dam sediment damage headed to Michigan House floor
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Representative Julie Rogers of Kalamazoo says after years of work, "we are one step closer to ensuring no other community will be left to clean up an ecological disa...
Oct 17, 2023 Sediment in the Kalamazoo River (courtesy of State Representative Julie Rogers)
