Author Archives: Ken Delaney
Kalamazoo's Mayor offers condolences, support for families of Buffalo shooting victims
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The terrible mass shooting in Buffalo, New York prompted Kalamazoo's Mayor to send his condolences to that community. Saturday, a white supremacist wearing body armor and ...
May 17, 2022 Kalamazoo Mayor David Anderson at the May 16, 2022 City Commission meeting (courtesy of John McNeill)
The $50 million redevelopment project for the former Allied Paper dumpsite in Kalamazoo underway
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's Mayor is declaring victory in the decades-long struggle to convert the Allied Paper dumpsite from a contaminated eyesore into a community asset. There is still...
May 17, 2022 The redevelopment plan for the former Allied Paper dumpsite in Kalamazoo (courtesy of the City of Kalamazoo)
Construction site concerns put WMU's new Student Services Center on hold for four days
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Originally scheduled for a fall 2022 opening, officials say the date for Western Michigan University's new Student Services Center may, or may not be adjusted. According t...
May 17, 2022
WMU baseball action against Valparaiso Tuesday cancelled, final MAC series begins Thursday at Ohio University
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University baseball team's game scheduled for Tuesday against Valparaiso has been canceled. WMU officials say the game will not be made up. The Bronco...
May 16, 2022 (courtesy WMU Athletics)
Local economic development official decries lack of industrial building sites, skilled workers
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo area will be facing challenges if it hopes to grow and thrive as an industrial center. That's according to the new director of Southwest Michigan First, who ...
May 16, 2022
Gas prices statewide hit a new record high
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are up 5 cents from a week ago. Michigan drivers are now paying an average of $4.38 per gallon for regular unleaded, a new record high. The price is ...
May 16, 2022 AAA Michigan gas price graphic for May 16, 2022 (courtesy of AAA Michigan)
Another big day for Cabrera gives Tigers series sweep over the Orioles
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Detroit Tigers are celebrating a series sweep after topping the Baltimore Orioles 5-1 in the finale of their three-game set Sunday afternoon. Tarik Skubal was credited w...
May 16, 2022
New senior center set to open this Friday in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After nearly 19 months of construction, the Charles and Lynn Zhang Portage Community Senior Center is set to open. The public ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the gran...
May 16, 2022 An architect's rendering of the Charles and Lynn Zhang Portage Community Senior Center (courtesy of AVB Inc)
Upton looking into answers on why shutdown of Sturgis Abbott Nutrition facility has lasted so long
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - Southwest Michigan Congressman Fred Upton is seeking answers on why it took so long to inspect and return to production a baby formula factory in Sturgis. The shutdown o...
May 14, 2022 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Kalamazoo man shot in the back overnight, KDPS still seeking suspect
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An early Saturday morning shooting has left a 52-year-old Kalamazoo man with non-life threatening injuries. Around 1:40 a.m. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Officers...
May 14, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
