Author Archives: Ken Delaney
Massive I-94 and Portage Road interchange construction projects entering final stages
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Transportation says the project to widen I-94 to six lanes from Lovers Lane to Sprinkle Road in Kalamazoo County, as well as to rebuild the Port...
Sep 11, 2023
Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office providing additional School Resource Officers for area districts
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While some groups have opposed stationing police officers in local schools, local education and police officials have no problems with it, in fact they welcome it. Kalamaz...
Sep 11, 2023
Whitmer orders flags lowered for today
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Federal and state flags are being ordered flown at half-staff today for the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Governor Whitmer says the state remembers an...
Sep 11, 2023
Wayland Hot Air Balloonfest supports mental health awareness
WAYLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The third annual Window World of West Michigan Wayland Hot Air Balloonfest has raised money for awareness of suicide prevention and mental health. It took place Saturday eve...
Sep 11, 2023 (courtesy Wayland Hot Air Balloonfest)
Amid investigation into sexual harassment allegation, Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker suspended
EAST LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State University football coach Mel Tucker has been suspended as the active coach less than 24 hours after it was revealed he is the subject of an MSU Title IX...
Sep 10, 2023 Former Michigan State University football coach Mel Tucker (courtesy of MSU Athletics)
MSU Board Of Trustees votes to ban all guns on campus
EAST LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - All guns are now banned on the Michigan State University campus. MSU's Board of Trustees voted Friday morning to close a loophole in an ordinance that allowed visitors ...
Sep 10, 2023 Michigan State University logo (courtesy of Michigan State University)
Elderly man dies after apparently suffering medical emergency and crashing his car into a utility pole
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 73-year-old man is dead after apparently suffering a medical emergency and he crashed his car into a utility pole in Kalamazoo late Sunday morning. The accident happened...
Sep 10, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Suspect in the shooting death of a Kalamazoo man arrested in Indianapolis
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An arrest has been made in the late August murder of a Kalamazoo man. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Friday announced the US Marshals Service and the Indianapol...
Sep 08, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Annual street rod show underway in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - You may have already noticed an increase in street rodders and muscle car owners in Kalamazoo, as it does every year at this time. The National Street Rod Association's St...
Sep 08, 2023
Clerks across Kalamazoo County gear up for the effect of election reform measures
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo county, city, and township clerks may band together to help each other pull off next year's presidential primaries. Michigan voters approved an election reform m...
Sep 08, 2023 Kalamazoo County Clerk/Register of Deeds Meredith Place
