Author Archives: Ken Delaney
Thousands still without power after Tuesday morning severe thunderstorms
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As West Michigan recovers from another round of storms that hit the state Tuesday morning, Consumers Energy says it has hundreds of line workers working to restore power a...
Jun 25, 2024 Consumers Energy Outage Map screenshot June 25, 2024
Two arrested in 2022 murder of Kalamazoo man
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An investigation by the Van Buren County Sheriff's Department and Michigan State Police has led to two arrests in the death of a Kalamazoo man over 20 months. The b...
Jun 25, 2024 fergregory / Depositphotos.com
Cockrell to take over as Interim Director of Kalamazoo Public Library system
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A longtime Kalamazoo Public Library employee has been named the new Interim Director for the organization. The library Board of Trustees appointed Michel R. Cockrell to th...
Jun 24, 2024 KPL Mobile Library. (Image Courtesy Kalamazoo Public Library)
AAA: Michigan gas prices drop six cents from last week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are down six cents from a week ago, with drivers now paying an average of $3.51 per gallon for regular unleaded. That price is 18 cents less than thi...
Jun 24, 2024 (courtesy AAA Michigan)
Former Hartford police chief receives sentence of 40 months to 20 years
HARTFORD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -Former Hartford Police Chief Tressa Beltran was sentenced Monday in Van Buren County Circuit Court to 40 months to 20 years in jail for one count of Using a Computer to Comm...
Jun 24, 2024 (courtesy City of Hartford, MI)
E.coli concerns close Comstock Township beach
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A beach in Kalamazoo County's Comstock Township is temporarily closed after testing last week revealed higher than acceptable levels of E. coli in the water. Accor...
Jun 23, 2024 Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department logo
Kalamazoo man arrested for interfering with firefighters
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It took Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety firefighters about 10 minutes to put out an overnight house fire, but one person was arrested for interfering with their effo...
Jun 22, 2024
Bronson Children's Hospital campaign raises more than $4.7 million to provide additional services
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Bronson Health Foundation says it's celebrating the successful completion of their Bronson Children's Hospital campaign, raising more than $4.7 million to support serv...
Jun 22, 2024 Bronson Children’s Hospital physicians and staff members stand in front of one of the new donor displays, which recognizes all who donated to the campaign (courtesy Bronson Healthcare Group)
Bell's Eccentric Café to host tornado relief benefit concert
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bell's Brewery, in partnership with Sounds of the Zoo, will host a night of live music Thursday, August 22, with all proceeds going towards the Kalamazoo Community Foundat...
Jun 21, 2024 Bell's Brewery logo. (Image courtesy of Bell's Brewery).
UPDATE: Triple stabbing suspect taken into custody late Friday
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Cass County Sheriff Richard Behnke says just before 11:00 p.m. Friday the department received notification from a resident on Spring Lake Road in St. Joseph County...
Jun 21, 2024 Triple stabbing suspect John Henry Coons (courtesy Cass County Sheriff's Office)
