Kalamazoo MI

BATTLE CREEK, MI — Urgency will be the main course served during the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples’ (NAACP) Battle Creek Branch’s 90th Annual Freedom Fund Dinner on Friday at the DoubleTree by Hilton Battle Creek, 50 Capital Ave SW, in Battle Creek, MI.

PORTAGE, MI — Signs are up at the Raising Cane’s at 6027 S. Westnedge Ave., but the restaurant isn’t expected to open for a few more months. Originally slated to welcome customers in October, a Raising Cane’s spokesperson said the Portage fast-food chicken restaurant will open in January 2026.

KALAMAZOO, MI — When Taneka Dumas’ son Montine Wiley Jr. was shot and killed working security at a private event this April, Dumas immediately felt compelled to act. Three months later, she brought together 20 other mothers from across the Kalamazoo area who had also lost sons to gun violence.

BERRIEN COUNTY, MI — Police made multiple arrests while investigating human trafficking and sex trafficking in Southwest Michigan. On Wednesday, Oct. 22, police arrested 15 people for sex exploitation related crimes and arrested one person for outstanding warrants, during a targeted human trafficking and sex...

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI — An auto parts manufacturer with plants in Mendon and Alma will lay off 246 employees by the second week of December. There will be 178 layoffs at IAC Group’s Mendon facility at 236 W. Clark St., according to a notice filed with the state on Oct. 8, by the manufacturer.

PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – The City of Portage is now accepting applications for Fuel Wood Harvest Permits as part of the city’s Timber Harvest Program, which launches November 1. City officials say the program allows residents to collect firewood from designated harvest areas while supporting responsible,...

First, Michigan Public reporter Dustin Dwyer shared what he’s found reporting on a proposed data center near Kalamazoo for NPR’s The Indicator. Many small towns in Michigan continue to wrestle with the potential and problems of similar big tech data centers, with many residents opposed to the facilities.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Dozens of people attended a meeting Thursday night to discuss potential zoning changes near the Asylum Lake Nature Preserve in Kalamazoo. Drive & Shine Car Wash has put in a new request to build next to the major nature preserve. 'We're already struggling': Advocates worry about...

There was a hum in the room as the small township office filled up, residents filling the seats, standing along the wall, waiting by the door. Stan Strzalkowski, chair of the Pavilion Township planning commission, counted the people one-by-one, checking to make sure they weren’t violating the fire code. It was close.

Owners Joey and Jenna Gamrat have kept both The Grazing Table and Copper's Dog House within a block of their original locations despite challenging circumstances.