Author Archives: Ken Delaney
Kalamazoo and Calhoun County prosecutors among those critical of proposed sentencing changes
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Members of the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan, including the Kalamazoo and Calhoun County prosecutors are speaking out ahead of a week that could see the Mich...
Dec 17, 2024 tomloel / Depositphotos.com
Nearly 4,000 Michigan child care providers receive state operational grants
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Nearly 4,000 child care providers across the state will be receiving a share of $24 million in one-time operational grants from Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Ad...
Dec 16, 2024 stuartmiles / Depositphotos.com
Kalamazoo man found guilty of first-degree murder in shooting death last August
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 22-year-old Kalamazoo man has been convicted of murder in the shooting death of another man in 2023. The Kalamazoo County Circuit Court jury Friday found Axel Armando Zu...
Dec 16, 2024 zolnierek / Depositphotos.com
Richland Township home total loss after fire
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There were no injuries, but a house in Kalamazoo County's Richland Township is likely a total loss after a fire Saturday afternoon. The home is located on M-89 nea...
Dec 14, 2024 Arseni Mourzenko
Whooping cough cases increasing in Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Cases of whooping cough are increasing across Michigan. Health officials are urging people to get vaccinated, as 66-percent of this year's cases of whooping cough, also know...
Dec 13, 2024 designer491 / Depositphotos.com
Western Michigan meets South Alabama tomorrow night In Salute To Veterans Bowl
MONTGOMERY, AL (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University football team is in Montgomery, Alabama, preparing to take on South Alabama in the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl Saturday night. The game i...
Dec 13, 2024 (courtesy WMU Athletics)
Lawton man pleads guilty to fatally stabbing ex-girlfriend
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Lawton faces decades in prison after pleading guilty to killing his ex-girlfriend at her apartment in Kalamazoo. Wednesday morning Jeff Kucharski pled guilty to second d...
Dec 11, 2024 tomloel / Depositphotos.com
Federal funding to address flooding issues in Kalamazoo, restoration of the Kalamazoo River in downtown Battle Creek
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - A bipartisan water infrastructure bill that overwhelmingly passed the U.S. House Tuesday provides money for several projects in southwest Michigan, including Kalamazoo a...
Dec 11, 2024 Flooding in Kalamazoo. (Photo by John McNeil).
Portage City Manager receives three year contract extension
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage City Manager Patrick McGinnis will start the new year with job security. The Portage City Council has voted to extend his contract for another three years, even thou...
Dec 11, 2024 Portage City Manager Patrick McGinnis
Michigan Strategic Fund awards Kalamazoo County business $2.5 million for expansion
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo County manufacturing firm has been awarded a $2.5 million performance-based state grant for an expansion that should create at least 125 new jobs and a...
Dec 10, 2024 (courtesy Landscape Forms, Inc.)
