Author Archives: Ken Delaney
Red Cross and Consumers Energy to provide free water and meal in Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Sunday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While Consumers Energy says they expect most customers who lost electric service from Thursday's tornadoes and thunderstorms to be restored by the end of Sunday, customers...
May 18, 2025 (courtesy Consumers Energy)
Motorcyclist killed after striking another vehicle in Allegan County's Hopkins Township Friday afternoon
HOPKINS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Allegan County Sheriff's Office says a motorcyclist was killed Friday afternoon after striking another vehicle in Hopkins Township. At 2:56 p.m. Allegan County ...
May 16, 2025
Portage expands brush pickup to address storm damage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Following the severe storms Thursday night, the City of Portage says it will incorporate storm debris removal into its ongoing brush pickup program. Brush pickup is currentl...
May 16, 2025 (courtesy City of Portage)
City of Kalamazoo crews responding to storm damage
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials with the City of Kalamazoo say crews working "with all deliberate speed" to respond to storm damage throughout the city. City Public Services crews have responde...
May 16, 2025 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Portage Northern grad finalist on "Farmer Wants A Wife" TV show
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Portage Northern High School graduate who currently lives in Chicago is one of two finalists on the FOX television show "Farmer Wants A Wife." Claire Dirette calls the exp...
May 16, 2025 Claire Dirette (courtesy FOX Media LLC)
One man in critical condition after Oshtemo Township crash
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One man is severely injured in a two-vehicle crash in Kalamazoo County's Oshtemo Township Thursday afternoon. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says the acciden...
May 15, 2025 KCSD investigating fatal one car accident in Comstock
Calhoun County teen missing since last week spotted on a train headed to Chicago
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office has discontinued local search operations for a missing teen, following a confirmed sighting of him on a train headed to Chicago. 15-...
May 15, 2025 Glenn Lee Brown (courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office)
Inmate reportedly kicked out window after he and six others were left locked in a van at the Kalamazoo County Jail
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Seven inmates who being transported back to the Kalamazoo County Jail from the county courthouse were left unattended in a van for almost two hours Monday. The sheriff's o...
May 15, 2025 Kalamazoo County Jail (photo by John McNeil)
Accomplice in kidnapping case pleads guilty in Kalamazoo County Circuit Court
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man police say helped to kidnap a Kalamazoo woman and her two children has pled guilty to attempted kidnapping and fleeing an officer. 29-year-old DeShawn Gladney origin...
May 15, 2025 DeShawn Gladney (courtesy Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office)
Kalamazoo selected to participate in national initiative for cities
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo has been selected to join a prestigious national initiative focused on advancing inclusive economic development in small and midsized cities. LEAP, w...
May 15, 2025
