Author Archives: Ken Delaney
Groundbreaking this week for Kalamazoo Community Courtyard
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Work got underway in Kalamazoo this week on a new housing development. City officials say Kalamazoo Community Courtyard, a new development in the South Westnedge Neighborh...
Jul 16, 2025
Kalamazoo County commissioner faces domestic violence and resisting arrest charges
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo County Commissioner is facing charges for an alleged domestic assault earlier this year. St. Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney Deborah J. Davis announced Wedn...
Jul 16, 2025 Best Law
Kalamazoo Community Foundation to distribute $1.5 million in opioid settlement funds to local nonprofits
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Community Foundation will distribute $1.5 million in opioid settlement funds to local nonprofits over the next three years. In partnership with Kalamazoo Cou...
Jul 15, 2025 Phylellen / Depositphotos.com
The Salvation Army of Kalamazoo's Teacher Tailgate returns this Thursday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 50 local teachers are getting a boost for their classrooms this fall, as The Salvation Army of Kalamazoo hosts its 2nd Annual Teacher Tailgate event this Thursday. Salvati...
Jul 15, 2025
Deputies apprehend suspect in Springfield business breaking and entering
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect is in custody after a break-in Monday morning at a commercial business in the 600 block of Avenue A in the City of Springfield. At around 7:15 a.m. deputies fr...
Jul 14, 2025 (courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office)
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport secures $14.1-million grant for runway extension
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Construction of a 450-foot runway extension at the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport is expected to begin next spring, thanks to a $14.1 million dollar federal ...
Jul 14, 2025 Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport logo
MPSC approves two new major transmission lines, including one through Branch and Calhoun counties
LANSING, MI (WTVB/WNWN) - Despite pushback from homeowners and environmental groups, the Michigan Public Service Commission Thursday approved a pair of new electric transmission lines in the central a...
Jul 11, 2025
Historic Vietnam-Era helicopter to soar over Portage and Kalamazoo this weekend
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It won't be the usual helicopter flying over Portage and Kalamazoo this weekend. This Saturday and Sunday a restored Vietnam-era UH-1H Huey helicopter will fly low over the ...
Jul 10, 2025 (courtesy Air Zoo Aerospace & Science Center)
Worker rescued from underground vault in Comstock Township
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A worker is hospitalized after being rescued from a flooded underground vault in Kalamazoo County's Comstock Township. The incident happened Tuesday at Midlink Bus...
Jul 09, 2025 BMN Network / CC
Suspect being held on open murder charge after fatal shooting in Battle Creek early Wednesday morning
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred early Wednesday morning in the 100 block of South 22nd Street. Officers responded to the scene just...
Jul 09, 2025
