Author Archives: Ken Delaney
Portage Public Schools holding multiple community outreach events to explain November bond issue
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM)- Ahead of a $132.4 million November bond issue on the ballot, Portage Public Schools is holding multiple community outreach events in the coming weeks. School officials say th...
Sep 17, 2025 (courtesy Portage Public Schools)
A celebration of all things Canada will return to downtown Kalamazoo Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With organizers calling it a little "kitchen party" in downtown Kalamazoo, Canadiana Fest returns for its third year this Saturday. The event has become the largest Canadi...
Sep 17, 2025
Kalamazoo man sentenced to 10-30 years in prison for stabbing another homeless man in 2023
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man has been sentenced to 10 to 30 years in prison in connection with a 2023 homicide that occurred on the city's east side. 42-year-old Jason Lawrence Blough ...
Sep 16, 2025 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Air Zoo receives $819,000 grant for Making Space in Michigan project
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An Air Zoo project called Making Space in Michigan now has the green light, thanks to an $819,200 grant from the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity's 20...
Sep 15, 2025
Arson fire damages playground structure in Otsego
OTSEGO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Otsego Police Department is looking for the public's help to solve an arson fire that destroyed a playground structure in the city earlier this month. September 2 at 12:1...
Sep 14, 2025
Former scout camp now opening as nature preserve in Texas Township
TEXAS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A grand opening celebration will be Saturday for Kalamazoo County's newest park The Arthur & Mildred Woollam Nature Preserve is on land of the former Rota-Kiwan B...
Sep 12, 2025 Arthur and Mildred Woollam Nature Preserve in Texap Township (courtesy Kalamazoo County Parks)
Ramp closures involving Columbia Avenue and I-194 in Battle Creek starting next week
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As part of the M-96 bridge improvement project over I-194 in Battle Creek, the Michigan Department of Transportation will be closing the ramps from M-96 (Columbia Avenu...
Sep 12, 2025 Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) logo. (Photo courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation).
One injured in shooting on Fox Ridge Drive late Thursday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 23-year-old man is listed in stable condition at a Kalamazoo hospital after a shooting late Thursday night. At 11:54 p.m. officers from the Kalamazoo Department of Publi...
Sep 12, 2025 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Community celebration and groundbreaking ceremony announced for Kalamazoo Event Center
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A community celebration will be part of the groundbreaking later this month for the new Kalamazoo Event Center and Athletic Performance Center. Organizers say the event Fr...
Sep 12, 2025
Consumers Energy to celebrate "Energy Equity" day in Kalamazoo Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy says it will be celebrating the success of their "Count on Us Kalamazoo" initiative Saturday afternoon with a special event at the Douglass Community Asso...
Sep 12, 2025 (courtesy Consumers Energy)
