Kalamazoo MI

Engineers and skilled trades workers have been recognized for their work on the Verona Road Watermain Extension project in Emmett Township. The Southwest Michigan Branch of the American Public Works Association named the project among the 2025 Public Works Project of the Year regional award recipients, according to a...

This year, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development announced it would drastically change policies for its “Continuum of Care” grants, which provide funds to organizations that assist people experiencing homelessness. HUD's CoC program is focused on providing services for people who fit HUD's definition of...

An Amtrak-owned railroad crossing that's been a headache for drivers near Stadium Drive in Kalamazoo will have to be lowered.

With the old Beer Exchange closing its doors, a new chapter is about to unfold in downtown Kalamazoo's nightlife. Can you feel the excitement in the air?

KALAMAZOO, MI — Charlie Sullivan recently received a note from a mother whose son had crashed his bicycle on the side of the road. Sullivan, an Oshtemo Township firefighter, had pulled up on his motorcycle and provided first aid to the boy before he was taken to the hospital to get stitches, Sullivan’s father, Roger...

138 workers will be laid off from a local UPS and food plant. 67 workers at a United Parcel Service (UPS) in Wyoming will be let go Jan. 20, 2026, according to the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, Workforce Development (LEO). The location affected is located at 5757...

On Monday, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and its Michigan Strategic Fund approved over $96 million in private investments to downtown Kalamazoo and the reconstruction of three separate "brownfield" lots.

The state awarded two development groups a combined $605 million in tax reimbursement subsidies. One is a $796 million project to build three high-rises on the Grand River in downtown Grand River. Michigan will reimburse about 70% of those costs to the developers, including the Van Andel and DeVos families.

KALAMAZOO, MI — Funding for new fire gear in the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety will reduce firefighters’ risk of cancer. The city received $500,000 for a second set of fire turnout gear on Friday, Dec. 19. Having a second set of the heat and fire resistant gear...

In Valparaiso, the Northwest Indiana District 1 Firefighter Training Council, in partnership with the Valparaiso-based MAAC Foundation, held a graduation ceremony at the MAAC Foundation’s first responder training campus for its 2025 summer Career Fire Academy. The eleven graduates representing the Portage, Michigan...