Author Archives: Ken Delaney
Whitmer officially endorses Harris for President, says she won't be VP candidate
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - More Democrats are coming out in support of Vice President Harris's presidential bid. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined Midwestern Democratic governors from Illinois...
Jul 22, 2024 Gov. Whitmer signs legislations No. 20, 2023 at the YWCA in Kalamazoo, MI (courtesy Office of the Governor)
Bicyclist struck and killed in Portage Tuesday afternoon
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 20-year-old Portage man was killed after his bicycle was struck by an SUV Tuesday afternoon. The Portage Department of Public Safety says the bicyclist was crossing the st...
Jul 16, 2024 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Jehovah's Witnesses returns to Battle Creek for a pair of three day conventions at Kellogg Arena next month
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One of the largest convention organizations in the world returns to Kellogg Arena next month. Jehovah's Witnesses will present their 2024 "Declare the Good News!" conve...
Jul 15, 2024 Young delegates embrace at a convention of
Jehovah’s Witnesses. (Photo provided by the Public Information Department for the Convention of Jehova's Witnesses)
VP Harris to make stops in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek this week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While the Republican National Convention will be going on in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to make stops in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek th...
Jul 14, 2024 Sheilaf2002 / Depositphotos.com
Boy on mini-dirt bike seriously injured after riding into path of pick-up truck
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An 11-year-old Battle Creek boy is in stable, but critical, after his mini-dirt bike was struck by a pick-up truck Thursday evening. The Battle Creek Police Department ...
Jul 14, 2024
Area fire departments rescue two from the water in St. Joseph County
COLON, MI ( WKZO AM/FM) - A water rescue team had to pull two people from a rain swollen creek in St. Joseph County Friday. At 11:36 a.m. Colon Community Fire and Rescue was dispatched as mutual aid w...
Jul 14, 2024 (courtesy Colon Community Fire and Rescue)
State officials to host roundtable with Kalamazoo leaders to discuss opportunities to support clean energy transitions
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After the Michigan Legislature passed the 2025 Fiscal Year budget agreement that provides funding for the newly created Community and Worker Economic Transition Office, th...
Jul 13, 2024
The federal government making low-interest loans available disaster declaration from May severe storms and tornadoes
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The U.S. Small Business Administration Thursday officially granted an administrative declaration of disaster for Kalamazoo County and the surrounding area because of severe ...
Jul 11, 2024 (viewer submitted photo to WOOD-TV 8)
Michigan absentee ballot requests, return rate, outpace 2020's four-week pre-election mark
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says with just under four weeks until Michigan's Primary Election Day, over 1.5 million of the state's voters have requested an ab...
Jul 10, 2024 GPA Photo Archive
Early morning apartment fire in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There were no injuries in an early morning fire at the Selinon Park Apartments in the 1600 block of East Centre in Portage. When firefighters arrived around 1:30 a.m. Wednes...
Jul 10, 2024 Zdenko Zivkovic / CC
