Author Archives: Ken Delaney
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education hopes for normalcy for 2023-2024 school year
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After the COVID-19 pandemic and last year's Superintendent controversy, members of the Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education hope they have turned the corner. A new ...
Sep 01, 2023 Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education meeting Aug. 31, 2023
EGLE looking for public comment on proposed air clean-up plan for Graphic Packaging Inc.
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The state of Michigan's environmental watchdog agency has issued an order to Graphic Packaging Inc. to clean up its act and Kalamazoo's air, and they are asking for public...
Sep 01, 2023 A Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Town Hall on Graphic Packaging in Kalamazoo May 18, 2023 (courtesy John McNeill)
Kalamazoo officials say downtown "Streets for All" improves infrastructure and safer streets
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - City of Kalamazoo officials say a more lively and vibrant downtown Kalamazoo is on the way, thanks to the street infrastructure work that is ongoing throughout the city, w...
Aug 31, 2023 Kalamazoo Avenue at Rose Street, Kalamazoo, MI (courtesy of imaginekalamazoo.com)
Portage church asking for help with sign repairs
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Chapel Hill Church in Portage is holding a fundraiser to help pay for damage done to their LED sign August 20 after it was shot with a hunting arrow. The sign has a Prid...
Aug 31, 2023
Kalamazoo County Veterans Affairs Committee pushing for yes vote on November millage question
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County has special millages to provide funding for senior citizen services, for law enforcement, and to create more affordable housing. Now veterans groups say t...
Aug 31, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo County Veterans Services Office)
Governor rolls out medical leave, clean energy proposals during "What's Next" speech
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer Wednesday outlining her plans for the rest of 2023 in a wide ranging "What's Next" speech in Lansing. Whitmer says she wants Michigan to h...
Aug 30, 2023
Brayton steps down from the Portage City Council, says she will withdraw from the Mayor's race
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The controversy over the residency of a member of the Portage City Council may be over, as Lisa Brayton announced she will not be running for Mayor and is stepping down from...
Aug 30, 2023 Portage City Hall seal. (Photo by John McNeil).
Police to use "Connect Kalamazoo" video to help fight crime
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A digital network that can connect the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety to private video security systems that was initially planned for the downtown is now being mad...
Aug 30, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Shooting suspect shot at by police, hit by vehicle as KDPS officers apprehend him
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect is in custody for allegedly shooting a 17-year-old early Wednesday morning, and two Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers involved in his apprehension h...
Aug 30, 2023 Officer Involved Shooting graphic (courtesy Michigan State Police)
New Abraham Lincoln statue in Bronson Park vandalized less than two days after unveiling
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The new seven-foot-tall statue of Abraham Lincoln in Bronson Park has been defaced, less than 48 hours after it was unveiled Sunday. The statue was found covered in red sp...
Aug 29, 2023 Statue of Abraham Lincoln in Kalamazoo's Bronson Park
