Author Archives: Ken Delaney
"Edge Lane Road" project moving ahead for Kalamazoo's Winchell Avenue
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After vocal opposition to reducing traffic to one lane on the west end of Winchell Avenue, the City of Kalamazoo plans to go forward with a one year pilot project anyway. ...
Jul 26, 2023 A diagram of the proposed Edge Lane Road for Winchell Ave (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
AAA: Gas prices drop this week in Michigan
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in the state are down seven cents from last week, with Michigan drivers are now paying an average of $3.49 per gallon for regular unleaded. That price is five ce...
Jul 24, 2023 (courtesy AAA Michigan)
Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners to discuss budget priorities at retreat Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners will be holding a retreat this week to focus on their next budget. They talk about finances at every meeting, but there are ove...
Jul 24, 2023 Kalamazoo County Courthouse. (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
One injured in shooting at Concord Place Apartments Sunday evening
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A shooting Sunday evening at Concord Place Apartments has left one man injured. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says the one male was struck during the shooting arou...
Jul 24, 2023 Alan Cleaver / CC
Battle Creek police make two arrests in stabbing incident, victim in stable condition
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police have arrested two people for the stabbing of a 33-year-old man last Thursday. The Battle Creek Police Department says a 43-year-old man and a 30-yea...
Jul 24, 2023
Kalamazoo Public Schools sued for disability discrimination
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools is being sued for disability discrimination by parents Angela and Lee Smith. They filed the federal lawsuit this month, saying their son suffers f...
Jul 24, 2023
Area state representative says 2020 Trump electors are innocent
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A local state lawmaker who is also the Minority Vice Chair of the Michigan House Elections Committee is calling out Attorney General Dana Nessel after she filed forgery, ele...
Jul 21, 2023 Republican State Representative Rachelle Smit (courtesy Michigan House)
Another vacancy has been created on the Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education
The Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education is losing another trustee. Megan Maddock announced last night that she has taken a job teaching in the Ann Arbor School District, and will no longer be ...
Jul 21, 2023 Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education meeting July 20, 2023 (courtesy John McNeill)
Bus drivers and other support staff for Kalamazoo Public Schools getting pay raises for 2023-2024
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools bus drivers, custodians, and food service managers will be getting substantial raises in the coming year. The Board of Education approved their co...
Jul 21, 2023 JohnPickenPhoto / CC
Series of anti-gun violence rallies kicks this weekend in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 2023 started with a sharp decline in homicides in the City of Kalamazoo, but all that has changed since early April, and the city is are once again on pace for a bad year....
Jul 21, 2023 Tony Webster / CC
