Author Archives: Ken Delaney
U of M plays at Purdue tonight, MSU still idle due to COVID-19 issues
LAFAYETTE, IN (WKZO AM/FM) - In men's college basketball, number seven University of Michigan is back in action tonight as they visit Purdue. U of M improved to 12-and-1 overall and 7-and-1 in the Big...
Jan 22, 2021 University of Michigan logo (courtesy of U of M)
Pistons look to break two game skid at home tonight
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Detroit Pistons return to their home court tonight against the Houston Rockets. Detroit has dropped their last two games and is in the basement of the Eastern Division a...
Jan 22, 2021
With charges of abuse, U of D Mercy cancels women's basketball season
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The University of Detroit Mercy has cancelled the remainder of the women's basketball season. Fourteen players have accused first-year head coach AnnMarie Gilbert of emotion...
Jan 22, 2021 Markus Spiske / Unsplash
WMU men's and women's hoops teams in action Saturday, volleyball begins season tonight
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After having their Tuesday Mid American Conference game at Eastern Michigan University postponed, the Western Michigan University men's basketball team returns to conferen...
Jan 22, 2021 Western Michigan University's Danny Kolp in action against the University of Buffalo (photo courtesy of Ashley Huss, WMU photogragher)
Lawmakers receive committee assignments in Lansing and Washington D.C.
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As new legislative sessions are getting underway in Lansing and Washington D.C., committee assignments are being handed out to local lawmakers. State Rep. Matt Hall, of Mars...
Jan 22, 2021 Michigan State Representative Matt Hall (courtesy of Michigan House of Representatives)
Cass County Deputy saves dog that had fallen through the ice
PENN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Deputies of the Cass County Sheriff's Office responded to a an unusual call for help Wednesday. A caller to Cass County Dispatch said a dog had fallen through the ice ...
Jan 21, 2021 Cass County Deputy Taryn Shields and the dog she rescued from a pond in Penn Township January 20, 2021 (courtesy of Cass County Sheriff's Department
The number of new coronavirus cases leveling out in Michigan, five more deaths reported in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The number of new COVID-19 cases in Michigan has plateaued and deaths are starting to flatten, too, according to information released by the Michigan Department of Health ...
Jan 21, 2021 A Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus tracking map for January 21, 2021 (courtesy of the MDHHS)
December was the second consecutive month of job declines in Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose by five-tenths of a percentage point in December to 7.5 percent, according to data released Thursday by the Michigan De...
Jan 21, 2021 Kevin Smith / CC
SNAP food assistance benefits to increase by 15% for 1.2 million in Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - More than 1.2 million people in Michigan who receive SNAP food assistance benefits will receive an additional payment by the end of January that raises their monthly amount ...
Jan 21, 2021 Michigan Department of Health and Human Services logo (courtesy of State of Michigan)
Thieves robbing mailboxes in Kalamazoo Township leave their loot behind
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police in Kalamazoo Township stopped the theft, but are still looking for a group of individuals who they say stole mail from mailboxes on Humphrey Street. The To...
Jan 21, 2021 Beatrice Murch / CC
