Author Archives: Ken Delaney
Discover Kalamazoo Sports reports record setting economic impact in 2024
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Local tourism officials say sporting events continue to draw thousands of visitors who spend millions of dollars in the Kalamazoo area. Discover Kalamazoo Sports helped ho...
Mar 20, 2025
Car crashes into multiple vehicles in Kalamazoo gas station parking lot, injuring at least two people
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A speeding vehicle veered off the road and into a gas station lot on South Westnedge Avenue in Kalamazoo Wednesday afternoon, hitting two cars, a gas pump, and two motorcy...
Mar 19, 2025
Battle Creek Police arrest woman after early morning stabbing
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police arrested a 41-year-old woman early Wednesday morning in connection with a stabbing that occurred overnight. Police officers were dispatched to an ar...
Mar 19, 2025
23-year-old man dies of gunshot wound in Kalamazoo late Tuesday night
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred late Tuesday night in the 1100 block of Cadillac Street. KDPS says at 10:43 p.m. ...
Mar 19, 2025 fergregory / Depositphotos.com
No charges for MSP troopers in fatal 2024 shooting of fugitive who had killed Hillsdale County deputy
JONESVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's Attorney General has cleared the State Troopers in the officer-involved shooting death of a suspect who had killed a Hillsdale County Sheriff's deputy during a...
Mar 18, 2025 Officer Involved Shooting graphic (courtesy Michigan State Police)
Farmers and lawmakers take tractors to the state capitol to rally against over regulation
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - Farmers and some lawmakers circled the Michigan Capitol in Lansing Tuesday to lobby against what Republican state legislators are calling burdensome regulations they say are incre...
Mar 18, 2025 A tractor rally at the Michigan Capitol March 18, 2025 (courtesy of State Representative Jennifer Wortz)
Clipfell to retire after 13 seasons with WMU women's basketball team
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After 13 seasons and becoming the program's all-time winningest coach, Western Michigan University women's basketball head coach Shane Clipfell has announced his retiremen...
Mar 18, 2025 (courtesy WMU Athletics)
Seven hour standoff at Vicksburh apartment ends with no injuries but one arrest
VICKSBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - What started as a domestic violence complaint resulted in a standoff that lasted hours at a Vicksburg apartment complex Monday. According to the Vicksburg Police Departmen...
Mar 17, 2025 Ken Hawkins / CC
Kalamazoo City Commission expected to begin the process of replacing Ritsema tonight
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo City Commissioners could formally launch their search for a new City Manager Monday evening. Jim Ritsema announced his plans to retire over a month ago, and the ...
Mar 16, 2025 City of Kalamazoo logo
High winds cause power outages in southwest Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/) - While brief thunderstorms overnight didn't produce any damage, high winds through the day Saturday produced thousands of power outages. As of late Saturday afternoon, Consum...
Mar 15, 2025 HayDmitriy / Depositphotos.com
