Author Archives: Ken Delaney
Battle Creek Air Show And Balloon Festival kicks off day
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Battle Creek Air Show and Balloon Festival begins today. The event runs through July 4th and will feature air shows, hot air balloons, a carnival, live music, firew...
Jun 29, 2023 (courtesy Battle Creek Air Show and Balloon Festival)
Michigan fiscal year 2024 passes House and Senate without support from House Minority Leader Hall
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan House and Senate have passed a record $81.7 billion dollar budget for fiscal year 2024. State officials says a record surplus will be spent on fixing roads, bui...
Jun 29, 2023 Michigan State Representative Matt Hall (courtesy of Michigan House of Representatives)
State supports new districted driving regulations with highway signs
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Effective Friday, June 30, Michigan will become the 26th state in the U.S. to adopt hands-free device legislation. The new law will require drivers using a cell phones to do...
Jun 29, 2023 (courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation)
AUDIO: Maricela Alcala selected as replacement on KPS Board of Education
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Public School Schools Board of Education has filled their vacant trustee position. The board did interviews with six finalists Wednesday night, with those fi...
Jun 29, 2023 Kalamazoo Public Schools newest Board of Education trustee Maricela Alcala (courtesy John McNeill)
WMU Board of Trustees to set room and board, tuition rates for 2023-2024 today
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University students and their parents will find out today just how much higher college bills will be this fall. The WMU Board of Trustees will meet late t...
Jun 29, 2023
March held to protest gun violence in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A march to end gun violence in Kalamazoo was held last night after the city recorded its tenth murder of the year last weekend. Kenneth Woodward Jr. died at a hospital aft...
Jun 29, 2023 Tony Webster / CC
Federal and local officials today will discuss new mental health and substance abuse initiative in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow will be in Kalamazoo Thursday to participate in a roundtable on mental health services. Kalamazoo Valley Community College will hos...
Jun 29, 2023 Integrated Services of Kalamazoo logo
Court documents suggest more evidence points to boyfriend as killer of Portage woman
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As the search continues for a missing Portage woman who is presumed dead, new federal court filings suggest a connection between Heather Kelley's presumed killing, and her...
Jun 28, 2023
Legislature passes bill to allow alcohol sales at college sporting events and concerts in Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Legislation sponsored by Senator Sean McCann of Kalamazoo that would allow alcohol sales on a continuing basis at university sporting events and concerts is awaiting Gover...
Jun 28, 2023 (Photo courtesy of WMU)
Kalamazoo College receives $2 million grant for science center and electrical grid upgrades on campus
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo College Dow Science Center will undergo a facelift, thanks to a $2 million grant from the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation. The science center, complet...
Jun 28, 2023 A student performs lab work at the Kalamazoo College Dow Science Center (courtesy Kalamazoo College)
