Author Archives: Ken Delaney
Michigan's per-pupil school aid goes up $458 for fiscal 2024, new budget also includes free breakfast and lunch for all students
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Districts in the Michigan will be getting an additional $458 per student for the coming school year, under the fiscal 2024 budget signed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer Thursda...
Jul 20, 2023 Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the fiscal 2024 education budget July 20, 2023 (courtesy Michigan Executive Office of the Governor)
Michigan's unemployment rate drops to the lowest level in 23 years
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's seasonally adjusted jobless rate dropped by one-tenth of a percentage point to 3.6 percent during June, the lowest rate in 23 years, according to data released by...
Jul 20, 2023 EpicTop10.com / CC
County approves transfer of land for proposed Event Center in downtown Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners has approved the final paperwork, green-lighting the sale of a parcel of land for the new Event Center downtown. They actually ...
Jul 19, 2023 Artist rendering of proposed sports arena and event center in downtown Kalamazoo, MI (courtesy Southwest Michigan First)
AUDIO: Developers look for tax breaks to convert the old Vermeulen Building in downtown Kalamazoo into housing
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A group of investors wants to convert the old Vermeulen Building in downtown Kalamazoo from offices to housing, but they say a proposed city policy could derail the projec...
Jul 18, 2023 (courtesy National Register of Historic Places)
AUDIO: Concerns continue over City of Kalamazoo zoning ordinances
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After protesters demanded it, City of Kalamazoo planners removed zoning changes that might have made it easier for the development of a car wash near Asylum Lake, but envi...
Jul 17, 2023 Image from Asylum Lake Preserve's Facebook page.
Supply chain issues slowing down City of Kalamazoo's replacement of lead water lines
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo has been aggressive about replacing lead water lines in the community's older homes, but may fall short this year. Lead lines have caused major probl...
Jul 17, 2023 Joe Shlabotnik / CC
AAA: Michigan gas prices increase nine cents from last 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 $3.56 per gallon for regular unleaded. That price is four cents less tha...
Jul 17, 2023 (courtesy AAA Michigan)
Preparations underway for next month's Kalamazoo County Youth Fair and Family Festival
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With less than a month until the event, officials with the Kalamazoo County Youth Fair and Family Festival say they are still accepting open class still exhibit entries. T...
Jul 15, 2023
Man accused of threatening Hillsdale County sheriff facing charges
HILLSDALE, MI (WTVB) - A Hillsdale man who allegedly wasn't happy charges weren't filed in a complaint he made is now facing charges of his own. At a Wednesday preliminary examination in District Cour...
Jul 15, 2023 Michigan Attorney General logo (courtesy of Michigan Attorney General)
UPDATE: No-contact advisory lifted for wastewater discharge into Kalamazoo River
UPDATE: After further testing, the no-contact advisory was lifted by the City of Kalamazoo Saturday afternoon. KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The discharge of 1.5 million gallons of partially untreated ...
Jul 14, 2023 A map of the no-contact advisory area on the Kalamazoo River (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
