Kalamazoo MI

Comstock resident Marcus Thompson took home three medals at the World Karate & Kickboxing Commission (WKC) World Championships, held Oct. 25-31 in Niagara Falls, New York. That’s the same amount as the entire countries of Ireland and Peru, and one more than Spain. Canada took home the most medals with 880, with the...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The City of Kalamazoo is hosting a food drive to help meet community food needs. The drive comes as a result of increasing food insecurities and uncertainty around SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits due to the federal government shutdown, according to a release. Donations...

This story is part of NowKalamazoo’s limited-run series revisiting local businesses and organizations we featured in previous years. Even though it has a highly visible location in Kalamazoo’s Edison neighborhood, Ty’s Joint has seen its business grow largely thanks to its catering work. Read the original story...

A recent planning commission meeting stirred the pot in Kalamazoo, where residents are rallying to protect their beloved Asylum Lake Preserve from new developments.

The beloved Michigan News Agency in Kalamazoo will open its doors one more time for a community book sale honoring its late owner’s legacy.

An Oklahoma woman has been ordered to pay back thousands of dollars embezzled from a Bay County convenience store in order to avoid jail time. On Monday, 31-year-old KC Miller appeared virtually before Bay County Circuit Judge Jessie Scott Wood, who delayed sentencing on one count of embezzlement between $1,000 and...

The flight crew of a plane that crashed near Lansing in October had decided to perform a post-maintenance test themselves after the aircraft had undergone seven months of repairs, according to an aviation investigation preliminary report.

KALAMAZOO, MI –– It started as a joke for Madeline Chappa and Taliyah Hanks back when they were both spry freshmen testing the waters of varsity athletics at Loy Norrix. But it’s since become reality. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a...

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI — Police have identified the man killed in a recent shooting in Kalamazoo County. Joshua Russcher, 35, of Kalamazoo was shot and killed around 11:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, in the 3500 block of Comstock Village Lane in Comstock Township, the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.

OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, Mich. — An Oshtemo Township firefighter was memorialized Wednesday after dying in a motorcycle crash just three days after his birthday. Charlie Sullivan's funeral service at Kalamazoo First Assembly drew hundreds of mourners, with a line stretching out the front of the building. Sullivan's ashes...