Author Archives: Ken Delaney
Authorities say Kalamazoo house fire considered suspicious
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says an early morning house fire Thursday is considered suspicious. Just before 2:00 a.m. KDPS was dispatched to the report of a ...
Jul 04, 2024 Arseni Mourzenko
Kalamazoo County establishes committee to help celebrate America's 250th birthday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A local group is gearing up to help celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States. The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners this week adopted a resolution establish...
Jul 04, 2024 Commissioner Jen Strebs (District 2) presents a copy of the Resolution to Elizabeth Santas Kraatz (Vice President of the Ladies Library Association and Regent of the Lucinda Hinsdale Stone Chapter, NSDAR) and Sharon Carlson (President of the Ladies Library Association and Governor Whitmer's appointee to the America250MI Committee
Farmers markets continue this summer in Kalamazoo and Portage
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With harvest season already beginning for many fruits and vegetables, local farmers markets are in full swing. The Kalamazoo Farmers Market, located at 1204 Bank Street, i...
Jul 04, 2024
State officials, Army Corps of Engineers agree on $1.15B project to block invasive carp in the Great Lakes
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan and Illinois along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have reached an agreement on dealing with Asian carp. The plan will open funding for the Brandon Road Lock ...
Jul 03, 2024 wrangel / Depositphotos.com
Constantine village council moving ahead with plan to build new fire station
CONSTANTINE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Thanks to a $1.545,000 federal appropriation announced last month, the Constantine village council has approved a resolution to build a new fire station. The resolution ...
Jul 03, 2024 (courtesy Constantine Fire Department)
Kalamazoo man sentenced for abusing his young child
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man is headed to prison for abusing his young child. The case stems from May 2023, when Paul Preston admitted that he punched his two-month-old child several ti...
Jul 02, 2024 Best Law
New poll shows Trump with lead over Biden in Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new poll shows 49-percent of Michigan voters support former President Donald Trump, four-percent more than are backing incumbent President Joe Biden. The poll was conducte...
Jul 01, 2024 palinchak / Depositphotos.com
Kalamazoo City Commission to consider meters, other parking measures Monday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In an effort to create greater turnover and open up parking spaces along the Kalamazoo Mall, city officials are recommending the installation of meters later this ssummeri...
Jun 29, 2024 Parking meter (photo by John McNeil)
Michigan State the latest to raise tuition for the fall
EAST LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The price of classes for students at Michigan State University will be higher in the fall, after the university's Board of Trustees unanimously approved an in increase ...
Jun 29, 2024 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
UPDATE: Out of state crews assisting Consumers Energy in power restoration effort
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy says it's launched a large-scale restoration effort as over 410 crews mobilized to the hardest-hit areas of the state after a severe thunderstorm with dam...
Jun 25, 2024 (courtesy Consumers Energy)
