Author Archives: Ken Delaney
Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners to vote on COVID-19 hazard pay for employees tonight
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Some Kalamazoo County employees who were considered essential workers during the pandemic could be in for some extra money, and it could be a big bonus. Sheriff's Deputies...
Feb 15, 2022 Kalamazoo County Courthouse. (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
Annual Chili Cook-Off will take over the Kalamazoo Mall this Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Downtown Kalamazoo's Annual Chili Cook-Off returns this Saturday. Organizers say this community event and is how participants have stayed warm on a cold Saturday for the p...
Feb 15, 2022 Downtown Kalamazoo Chili Cook-Off logo
Outside company to take over lab services at Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The laboratory services at Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo, as well as other Ascension hospitals in 10 states, are being taken over by Labcorp, a leading global li...
Feb 15, 2022 Beacon Kalamazoo Hospital, formerly Ascension Borgess
Southwest Michigan represented in latest additions on National Register of Historic Places
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Four historic properties in southwest Michigan were among 27 in the state that were given special recognition in 2021 through their listing on the National Register of His...
Feb 15, 2022 The Spanish courtyard-style interior of the Kalamazoo State Theatre (courtesy of State of Michigan)
Kalamazoo man sentenced to six years in prison for shooting death of the mother of his two children
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man has been sentenced for the 2019 fatal shooting of a community activist and mother of nine in Kalamazoo. WOOD-TV 8 reports that Friday, Darien Ray Gilleylen was sente...
Feb 14, 2022 A booking photo for Darien Ray Gilleylen (courtesy of Kalamazoo County Jail)
Late long term lawmaker from Kalamazoo to be honored in State House Thursday
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - This Thursday the Michigan House of Representatives will be honoring the life of the late former State Representative Mary C. Brown of Kalamazoo. Brown served in the Michiga...
Feb 14, 2022
State grant to help the upper floors of historic Schuler's restaurant be renovated into affordable rental housing
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Strategic Fund has awarded the City of Marshall $725,450 in Community Development Block Grant funds to renovate the upper floors of a historic downtown restaur...
Feb 14, 2022 Schuler’s restaurant in downtown Marshall, MI (courtesy of the State of Michigan)
MEA calling on state leaders to take action to retain current educators and recruit new ones in Michigan
EAST LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Saying state leaders must take action immediately to retain current educators and recruit new ones, the Michigan Education Association Monday released a new survey high...
Feb 14, 2022 The cover of the "2022 Educator Shortage Research" survey for the Michigan Education Association (courtesy of the MEA)
Huge youth national championship hockey tournament is coming to Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 50 teams and over 700 players from across the country will descend on Kalamazoo late next month to be a part of one of the top youth tournaments in the nation. Kalamazoo O...
Feb 14, 2022 USA Hockey Youth Tier II 14U National Championships in Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo Optimist Hockey Association)
Names released in Friday's fatal traffic crash in Kalamazoo County's Ross Township
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police have now released the names of those involved in a fatal accident in Kalamazoo County's Ross Township last Friday morning. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Dep...
Feb 14, 2022 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
