Author Archives: Ken Delaney
High unemployment rate means minimum rate probably won't be going up
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It appears Michigan minimum wage will not be going up as scheduled at the first of the year. The Michigan Bureau of Employment Relations, Wage and Hour Division Friday said ...
Dec 12, 2020
Michigan officials unveil phased COVID-19 vaccine plan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The day after a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended approval for one of the COVID-19 vaccines that could be ready for distribution as early as next ...
Dec 11, 2020 Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, MDHHS chief medical executive at a December 10, 2020 press conference (courtesy of Michigan Executive Office of the Governor)
One person injured after shots fired into Kalamazoo Township home
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person was injured early Friday morning as shots were fired into a Kalamazoo Township home. Officers from the Township of Kalamazoo Police Department were cal...
Dec 11, 2020
Amidst pandemic, school enrollment is down over 53,000, with a 5% drop for Kalamazoo Public Schools
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As schools have transitioned to virtual learning amidst the coronavirus pandemic, new data shows tens of thousands of students didn't show up to Michigan public schools as...
Dec 11, 2020 misskprimary / CC
Otsego man and Battle Creek woman killed in separate US-131 accidents Thursday
SHELBYVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An Otsego man was struck and killed by a semi tractor trailer, while a Battle Creek woman was killed in a separate multi-vehicle accident Thursday along a stretch of US-...
Dec 11, 2020
WMU battle Ball State for MAC West Division title Saturday
MUNCIE, IN (WKZO AM/FM) - The Mid American Conference West Division college football title will be on the line Saturday afternoon as Western Michigan University will be at Ball State. Both teams are 4...
Dec 11, 2020
Last place Lions host first place Packers Sunday
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The first-place Green Bay Packers play the last-place Detroit Lions in a NFC North showdown at Ford Field Sunday. Green Bay has won two in-a-row and four of its last five ga...
Dec 11, 2020
U of M and MSU football players look to transfer
ANN ARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A member of the University of Michigan offensive line is entering the transfer portal. According to The Wolverine, redshirt freshman center Zach Carpenter has entered his ...
Dec 11, 2020
Portage's Millennium Park rink "on ice" for now
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While most indoor attractions are closed across Michigan right now, the opening of the outdoor Ice Rink at Millennium Park in Portage is also delayed. City of Portage offici...
Dec 11, 2020 City of Portage Ice Rink at Millenium Park graphic (courtesy of the City of Portage)
More parents turning to homeschooling instead of remote instruction
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In the midst of most school districts in the state doing some form, if not all, virtual learning for their students, the number of Michigan families choosing to homeschool h...
Dec 11, 2020 Jill Carlson (jillcarlson.org) / CC
