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PORTAGE, MI –– Days compound at band camp. That’s what Portage Central High School band director Bryan VanToll told his students after practice on Tuesday, Aug. 11. The Portage Central marching band worked on their 2026 program’s opener throughout the late practice, wrapping up after 9 p.m.

The Duncan Aviation Family Trust has established the J. Robert Duncan Endowed Professorship of Technical Operations at Western Michigan University’s College of Aviation, marking the first endowed professorship in the college’s history. Named in honor of Duncan Aviation Chairman Emeritus Robert Duncan, the permanent fac

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — If you’re recovering from an injury, illness or surgery, Mary Free Bed’s outpatient therapy team in Kalamazoo is here to support your progress with clinical excellence and compassion. Julia and Grace from Mary Free Bed Kalamazoo and Gavin, a patient, join us today.

PORTAGE, MI -- Portage city officials plan to demolish a home to make additional room for the ongoing reconstruction of Portage Road. But if there’s a feasible way for the home to be moved, the city may allow a private party to move the building. The Portage City Council...

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After more than two decades of demolition, environmental cleanup and redevelopment planning, the former Plainwell Paper Mill appears poised for its most significant transformation since production ceased nearly 26 years ago. Classic Auto Factory, a DeKalb, Illinois-based classic automobile restoration and fabrication c

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, Mich. — Kalamazoo County neighbors in the southern portion of the county, near Schoolcraft and Vicksburg, organized against a proposal by the Kalamazoo County Road Commission to remove up to 8,000 trees along country roads. Their efforts helped cut that number in half. The road commission's plan,...

Engelbert Humperdinck, whose recording career has produced more than 140 million records sold worldwide, is scheduled to perform at FireKeepers Casino Hotel in Battle Creek on Nov. 13. The concert will begin at 8 p.m. in the FireKeepers Event Center, with doors opening at 7 p.m., according to a community announcement.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A Kalamazoo man will be sentenced for shooting and seriously injuring a Kalamazoo Township Police officer in March 2025. A jury on Wednesday found Kenyun Smith, 25, guilty of assault with intent to commit murder, felon in possession of a firearm, carrying a concealed weapon, resisting and obstructing

A pilot and teenager are in the hospital after a small plane went down near Vicksburg in Kalamazoo County. The FAA is now investigating. Here's what we know.