Author Archives: Ken Delaney
WMU hockey team opens season in pod format in Omaha
OMAHA, NE (WKZO AM/FM) - The 17th-ranked Western Michigan University hockey team returns to action Tuesday, opening the season in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference "Pod" against St. Cloud Stat...
Dec 01, 2020 Western Michigan University Hockey graphic (courtesy of WMU)
Shot fired during carjacking Monday night in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo police say a vehicle was stolen at gunpoint last night, with at least one shot being fired into the vehicle. Around 11:00 p.m. Monday a Kalamazoo Public Safety O...
Dec 01, 2020 Suspects sought in Sunday morning assault/break-in (courtesy of City of Kalamazoo)
City of Marshall Christmas Parade goes on, but in a stationary way
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With so many Christmas events cancelled this year, one tradition carried on, with a new twist. The City of Marshall traditionally holds a huge Christmas parade along Michig...
Dec 01, 2020
Nazareth Post Office offers special cancellation again this Christmas
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - If you're looking for that special touch for your Christmas cards, the Kalamazoo Stamp Club in conjunction with the Nazareth Post Office have just the thing. It's the annu...
Dec 01, 2020 The Nazareth Post Office, Kalamazoo MI Christmas Star Station logo (courtesy of Kalamazoo Stamp Club)
Money still needed to assure free Christmas dinners in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials with Kalamazoo-based God's Kitchen of Michigan, a hunger-relief charity servicing Battle Creek and Kalamazoo, say donations are trickling in, but at this point a...
Nov 30, 2020 The God's Kitchen of Michigan Battle Creek Christmas Dinner, December 19, 2019 (courtesy of God's Kitchen of Michigan)
U of M has to go overtime to beat Oakland University Sunday
ANN ARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In college basketball, the University of Michigan needed overtime to beat winless Oakland University 81-71 Sunday at Crisler Center. Isaiah Livers scored 22 points in the ...
Nov 30, 2020 University of Michigan logo (courtesy of U of M)
Lions begin search for new coach, Packers and Vikings pick up wins Sunday
ALLEN PARK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Detroit Lions are in the market for a new head coach and general manager after firing head coach Matt Patricia and GM Bob Quinn Saturday. Patricia compiled a 13-29-an...
Nov 30, 2020
Average gas prices drop another five cents per gallon statewide
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - AAA Michigan says gas prices in Michigan are down five cents compared to last week. Michigan drivers are now paying an average price of $1.95 per gallon for regular unleade...
Nov 30, 2020 A Shell gas pump in Coldwater M (Midwest Communications Inc 2020)
Small Business Saturday a huge success in downtown Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After struggling for the past six months with intermittent shutdowns and much lower traffic due to the coronavirus pandemic, it appears Small Business Saturday was a huge ...
Nov 29, 2020 Kalamazoo Small Business Saturdays logo (courtesy of allevents.in)
Governor asks legislature to pass $100 million COVID-19 relief plan for the state
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer is asking Michigan legislative leaders to work together to pass a $100 million COVID-19 relief plan for the state, as well as pass a permanent exte...
Nov 28, 2020 Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer at her press briefing November 12, 2020 (courtesy of the State of Michigan)
