Author Archives: Ken Delaney
Utility work and street rerouting moves to the next stage in downtown Kalamazoo Wednesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy says the ongoing work to modernize utilities and prepare for the coming event center will shift southward on Park Street starting Wednesday, July 31. Park...
Jul 30, 2024 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Portage teachers to receive two percent pay raise this coming school year
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage Public Schools teachers will receive a two percent pay raise after the Board of Education approved a new agreement with the Portage Education Association. The contra...
Jul 30, 2024 Portage Central High School (courtesy of Portage Public Schools)
KIA receives $1 million gift from the family of its former art school director
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts says it has received a $1 million gift from the Kirk and Georgia Newman Family in support of the Kirk Newman Art School. The gift will help...
Jul 30, 2024 (courtesy kirknewman.com)
Several area water systems receive national fluoridation awards
PORTAGE, MI 9WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Portage and the City of Allegan are among seven Michigan water systems have been awarded the 2023 Community Water Fluoridation 50 Year Award from the American De...
Jul 30, 2024 (courtesy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
United Way touts local financial impact on households across the region
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - United Way of South Central Michigan (UWSCMI) announced Monday that local support and outside grants in 2023-24 totaled more than $23.6 million to drive efforts addressing...
Jul 30, 2024 (courtesy United Way of South Central Michigan)
Van Buren County Pearl Harbor survivor presented posthumously with medal
GOBLES, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The widow of Gobles man who lived through the Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor was presented with a Pearl Harbor Survivors Medal by Congressman Bill Hui...
Jul 29, 2024 Congressman Bill Huizenga present s the Pearl Harbor Survivors Medal to Hazel Baron on behalf of her late husband (courtesy office of Congressman Bill Huizenga)
Five-year-old critically injured after driver runs red light in Comstock Township
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A child was critically injured in a two-vehicle crash in Kalamazoo County's Comstock Township Saturday afternoon. Just after 2:00 p.m. members of the Kalamazoo Cou...
Jul 27, 2024
Pedestrian hit while crossing Portage Street Friday night
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle in Kalamazoo Friday night. Around 10:20 p.m., officers with the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety were s...
Jul 27, 2024 KDPS Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
Professional misconduct case still not decided as Portage attorney seeks Michigan Supreme Court nomination
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Despite calling the case a political persecution by the state and saying he is certain he'll be vindicated, professional misconduct charges filed against Portage attorney Ma...
Jul 26, 2024 Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Kalamazoo area attorney Matthew DePerno in his bid for Michigan Attorney General in 2022 (courtesy of Deperno for Michigan)
McGinnis receives high grades and pay hike from Portage City Council
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's been a bumpy few years in Portage, but their City Manager has received good grades for the way he handled things. Last year there was a citizen uprising over proposed n...
Jul 26, 2024 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
