Author Archives: Ken Delaney
KPS ninth graders invade the Western Michigan University campus Thursday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Nearly 1,200 ninth grade students from Kalamazoo Public Schools will get a chance to experience a day in the life of a Western Michigan University student by participating...
Nov 12, 2025 WMU logo (courtesy Western Michigan University)
The Salvation Army of Kalamazoo announces annual Red Kettle Kickoff
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Salvation Army of Kalamazoo will be launching its 2025 bell-ringing season with the Annual Red Kettle Kickoff this Thursday. Salvation Army officials say funds raised ...
Nov 11, 2025 zhukovsky / Depositphotos.com
State Representative Steve Carra to face primary challenge next year
CONSTANTINE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A police officer from Constantine has launched a Republican bid to unseat current GOP 36th District State Representative Steve Carra. Max Coon is also a Constantine Town...
Nov 11, 2025 36th District Michigan State House candidate Max Coon
Battle Creek Police investigating fatal bicycle crash on West Columbia Avenue
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 23-year-old Battle Creek man has died after his bicycle was struck while he was riding on West Columbia Avenue Tuesday morning. Battle Creek Police say that around 6:...
Nov 11, 2025 (courtesy Battle Creek Police)
Batavia Township woman dies in Friday morning house fire
BATAVIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Fire officials now say a woman died in an early Friday morning fire in Branch County's Batavia Township. Bronson Fire Chief Scott Wilber says 59-year-old Cindy Herman die...
Nov 08, 2025
State halts SNAP payments again after Supreme Court ruling
LANSING, MI ( WKZO AM/FM) - Friday night the U.S. Supreme Court issued an emergency stay temporarily blocking an order to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to issue f...
Nov 08, 2025 SNAP logo
Suspect in custody after Comstock Township murder
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Few details have been released in a shooting death in Kalamazoo County's Comstock late Friday night. Kalamazoo County Consolidated Dispatch Authority received 911 ...
Nov 08, 2025
New southbound off ramp for the U.S. 131 Business Loop unveiled
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - They snipped the ribbon Friday morning on the new southbound off ramp for the U.S. 131 Business Loop. The $24 million dollar project makes the intersection, which had only...
Nov 07, 2025 (photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Texas police say former WMU player took his own life
FRISCO, TX (WKZO AM/FM) - Texas police say Michigan native and Dallas Cowboys player Marshawn Kneeland is dead as a result of suicide at age 24. Frisco Police Department say he was found early Thursda...
Nov 07, 2025 (courtesy Dallas Cowboys)
Anonymous donor rescues God's Kitchen of Michigan Thanksgiving Dinner in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After earlier in the week announcing that the even would be canceled due to a lack of donations, God's Kitchen of Michigan has announce that its Free Community Thanksgivin...
Nov 05, 2025
