Author Archives: Ken Delaney
School and county health officials vow to keep kids safe from odors around Graphic Packaging and waterwater treatment plant
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools officials will be working with Parchment Schools and the Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department to deal with the aerial emissio...
Jun 10, 2023 The Graphics Packaging International facility and the City of Kalamazoo Water Reclamation plant sit side by side on Patterson Street (courtesy KPS)
$5 million donation from Deter Jeter's foundation will fund baseball and softball renovations at his alma mater
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It has been five years in the making, but the baseball and softball fields at Kalamazoo Central High School are about to get a major overhaul. The baseball field is the sa...
Jun 09, 2023 Former New York Yankee and Kalamazoo native Derek Jeter (courtesy Turn 2 Foundation)
Tandy Moore steps down from Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education got a surprise at Thursday's meeting when board member Tandy Moore announced her resignation, effective immediately. She di...
Jun 09, 2023 Tandy Moore stepped down from the Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education June 8, 2023 (photo courtesy KPS)
Last day of classes for KPS, summer classes being offered for some students
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Today is the last day of classes for Kalamazoo Public Schools, at least for most of the students. Interim Superintendent Cindy Green says they plan for a robust summer sch...
Jun 09, 2023
Motorcyclist killed in crash with delivery truck in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A motorcyclist was killed Thursday night in a crash near the intersection of Sprinkle Road and East Kilgore Road. Portage Police and Fire personnel, along with personnel fro...
Jun 09, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Fire scorches roof of new courthouse in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The roof of Kalamazoo County's new Justice Facility caught fire yesterday afternoon. The $95 million courthouse building is still being built and is expected to be complet...
Jun 09, 2023 Kalamazoo County Government logo
KDPS chief urging no retaliation for Kalamazoo teen's murder this week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Chief David Boysen says investigators do not yet know if 17-year-old Markii Robinson Jr. was the intended target in his shooting deat...
Jun 09, 2023 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Chief Dave Boysen at the City Commission meeting May 1, 2023 (courtesy John McNeill)
Pride Care Ambulance stops Kalamazoo County service
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Pride Care Ambulance is ending all of its services in Kalamazoo County effective immediately. Life EMS Ambulance will cover all ambulance routes in the county except in Ro...
Jun 08, 2023 (Photo by John McNeil)
City of Fennville closes police department, signs agreement with Allegan County Sheriff's Office
FENNVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The police department in the Allegan County city of Fennville is closing after being in operation for the last ten years. Mayor Dan Rastall says the police chief stepped d...
Jun 08, 2023 (courtesy City of Fennville)
County Health Director raises sanitary code concerns about proposed pod community site in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It appears an effort to create a pod community in Kalamazoo, which has been on hold for two years, may face several other problems. Kalamazoo County Health and Community S...
Jun 08, 2023 The interior of one of the pods for homeless housing in Kalamazoo County (courtesy Housing Resources Incorporated
