See who Kalamazoo voters picked to serve as mayor, commissioners
KALAMAZOO, MI — The city of Kalamazoo reelected David Anderson to serve a fourth term as mayor on Tuesday, Nov. 4. According to unofficial totals with all 19 precincts reporting, Anderson won with 6,467 votes, followed by Chris Glasser with 2,706 and Robert Gray with 829. Anderson has served...
Lawton woman accused of embezzling over $50k from school
LAWTON – A Lawton woman, a former employee of Lawton Community School, was arraigned Oct. 24, in 7th District Court, Paw Paw, on a charge of embezzlement over $50,000, but less than $100,000, according to a press release from the Lawton Police Department. Lawton Police Chief Greg Cordes said...
2 hurt in crash with deer in Girard Township
Two people were injured in single-vehicle crash after their car hit a deer and rolled over Tuesday evening, according to the Branch County Sheriff's Office.
Woman facing drunk driving related charges after five hurt in August Amish buggy crash
SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. — Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that only five people were injured despite six being taken to the hospital. A woman is charged with operating while intoxicated causing serious injury after an August crash involving an Amish buggy that injured five people.
Police Respond to Domestic Assault with Firearm on Flower Street; Suspect in Custody
On November 2, 2025, Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS) officers responded to a domestic assault involving a firearm in the 2200 block of Flower Street. A 51-year-old woman was found injured after being struck with a firearm by her partner. She was treated at a local hospital.
Motorcyclist killed in Kalamazoo crash was an Oshtemo Township firefighter
A motorcyclist died after a crash that set the motorcycle on fire in Kalamazoo early Wednesday morning. Now we've learned he was a firefighter in Oshtemo Township.
Meet the teacher who uses a stuffed pickle and BoBo the Speaker to transform...
KALAMAZOO, MI -- A temporary job turned into a full-time career for Damon Travis, an itinerant teacher in Kalamazoo’s pre-kindergarten early-education program (PEEP) and Early Childhood Special Education program (ECSE). He’s one of few male teachers in early-education. Only 3% of teachers in early-education are men,...
Teen Girl Becomes 4th Person to Die in Suspected Drunken Wrong-Way Crash
"She was my baby girl,” Alayiah Lazzara's grieving mom said
Woman gets prison for ‘widespread, brazen’ theft from kids program
More than $1 million disappeared from a nonprofit charged with helping at-risk preschool kids in West Michigan, and now the woman who helped orchestrate the theft is heading to prison for more than four years.
Kalamazoo man worries for family in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa
Jay McIntosh lives in Kalamazoo, but his heart and his mind are focused 1,733 miles south.
