Author Archives: Ken Delaney
Portage City Council institutes new transparency plan for any new large developments
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/AM) - An unprecedented backlash from Portage citizens over proposals for large new developments near Austin Lake has prompted the City Council to change how they handle such plans...
Sep 20, 2023 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Proposed changes to Kalamazoo ordinance could stall opening of housing pods even further
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Members of the Kalamazoo City Commission are not happy with staff's proposed changes to an emergency housing ordinance. The city adopted the ordinance two years ago, but n...
Sep 19, 2023 HRI Executive Director Michelle Davis at the Kalamazoo City Commission meeting Sept 18, 2023 (courtesy John McNeill)
City hopes to improve pedestrian safety with new lighting near WMU campus
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo City Commission Monday night approved new lighting contracts with Consumers Energy to improve safety just west of the Western Michigan University campus, on ...
Sep 19, 2023
MSU firing head football coach Tucker "for cause" after sexual harassment allegations
EAST LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State University is firing head football Coach Mel Tucker for alleged sexual harassment. The university announced Monday that it was terminating Tucker's contr...
Sep 19, 2023 (courtesy MSU Athletics)
Under construction Kalamazoo County Justice Center may get new name
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners will discuss changing the name of their brand new $90-million courthouse which is still under construction on Kalamazoo Avenue....
Sep 18, 2023 (Photo of what the new Kalamazoo County Justice Center will look like upon completion)
Additional state money will be used to help Kalamazoo officials fight gun violence
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo will be getting a financial boost from Lansing to help fight gun violence. Most of the grant from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Service...
Sep 18, 2023 Tony Webster / CC
Holiday dinner fundraiser for God's Kitchen of Michigan launches with $15,000 goal
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - God's Kitchen of Michigan, a nonprofit hunger-relief organization serving Kalamazoo, Portage, and Battle Creek, has officially launched its 2023 free holiday dinner fundra...
Sep 18, 2023 (courtesy God’s Kitchen of Michigan)
Gas prices in Michigan back up another nine cents in the past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are up nine cents from a week ago, with drivers are now paying an average of $3.72 per gallon for regular unleaded. The price is 18 cents less than t...
Sep 18, 2023 (courtesy AAA Michigan)
White House team aims to resolve auto strike
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - President Biden is sending a team to Detroit in an effort to resolve the strike between the United Auto Workers union and the Big Three automakers. The union went on strike ...
Sep 18, 2023 Clyde Robinson / CC
Coast Guard suspends search for missng Lake Michigan fisherman
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Coast Guard has suspended the search for the fisherman who was reported missing in Lake Michigan Tuesday off Holland, Michigan. Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan was ...
Sep 15, 2023
