Author Archives: Ken Delaney
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
KVET and CRT target drug sales in Kalamazoo, seize cocaine and cash
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Members of the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team and Crime Reduction Team seized what they call distribution amounts of cocaine and evidence of drug sales after executing ...
Mar 15, 2025 VadimVasenin / Depositphotos.com
Kalamazoo man arrested after I-94 chase with speeds exceeding 150 miles per hour
ALBION, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An 18-year-old Kalamazoo man is in custody, after leading police on a high speed chase on I-94 in Calhoun County early Saturday morning. According to the Calhoun County Sheri...
Mar 15, 2025 zeferli@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
Michigan congressmen say missile defense site should be built at the Fort Custer Training Center
AUGUSTA, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Four Michigan congressmen are urging the federal government to make Michigan the future home of an advanced missile defense site. Friday, Representatives Bill Huizenga (R-Ze...
Mar 14, 2025 (courtesy of The National Guard)
Kalamazoo man found guilty of murder in 2023 shooting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A jury has found a Kalamazoo man guilty of murder in the shooting death of another man in June 2023. 47-year-old Tieshawn Labar Matthews was found guilty of 1st Degree Mur...
Mar 13, 2025 chrisdorney / Depositphotos.com
