Author Archives: Ken Delaney
Six candidates to be interviewed next week for open position on KPS Board of Education
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education has selected six candidates to interview for the vacant trustee position on the board. The board reviewed 25 applications f...
Jun 22, 2023
McCann, Rogers reintroduce legislation to require polluters "to clean up their mess"
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two state legislators from Kalamazoo have reintroduced legislation that they say will strengthen the authority of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and En...
Jun 22, 2023 Morrow dam Hydroelectric power plant on the Kalamazoo River in Comstock Township.
Homeowners question rising cost of drainage project around Eagle and Crooked Lakes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's been a few years since we reported on the homeowners around Eagle and Crooked Lakes where a particularly rainy year flooded many of their lakeside homes. Efforts were...
Jun 21, 2023 Kalamazoo County Drain Commissioner Jason Wiersma (courtesy County of Kalamazoo)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo City Attorney honored at final meeting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - At Tuesday night's Kalamazoo City Commission meeting outgoing City Attorney Clyde Robinson was presented with a resolution honoring his service and presented with a key to...
Jun 21, 2023 Outgoing Kalamazoo City Attorney Clyde Robinson (right) is honored by Mayor david Anderson June 20, 2023 (courtesy John McNeill)
Task force begins gathering public comments on proposed Portage housing projects
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Following opposition from residents about plans for two housing projects near Austin and West Lakes in Portage, a task force has wasted no time getting organized. They didn'...
Jun 21, 2023 (courtesy City of Portage)
Overnight fire damages home and garage on Weaver Drive in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It took firefighters about about 30 minutes to bring a fire in a garage and home in the 10000 block of Weaver Drive overnight. At 2:12 a.m. Tuesday, crews from the Portage D...
Jun 20, 2023 (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Fleeing motorcyclist killed after running into another vehicle in Van Buren County
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A motorcyclist who was fleeing from police was killed in a three vehicle crash in Van Buren County late Monday evening. Michigan State Police at the Paw Paw Post tr...
Jun 20, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Former KPS Operations Director hired as Business Manager for Cassopolis Public Schools
CASSAPOLIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Kalamazoo Public Schools Operations Director Jim English has found a new job as the Business Manager at Cassopolis Public Schools in Cass County. English was termi...
Jun 20, 2023 (courtesy Cassopolis Public Schools)
Commissioners to vote tonight on new video crime fighting strategy for downtown Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo City Commissioners will reconsider a request to fund what's being called a "real time crime fighting center" downtown that could tap into existing security camer...
Jun 20, 2023 Kalamazoo City Hall (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
AAA: Michigan gas prices drop seven cents from a week ago
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are down seven cents from a week ago. Michigan drivers are now paying an average of $3.58 per gallon for regular unleaded. This price is three cents ...
Jun 19, 2023 (courtesy AAA Michigan)
