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20 years of the Kalamazoo Promise: Students share scholarship’s impact on their lives

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — For 20 years, Kalamazoo Public Schools students have had the expense of going to college lifted, all thanks to the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship. The scholarship covers 100% of tuition and fee expenses in most Michigan post-secondary schools for students who attend schools in the city from...
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Mint Cannabis Provides 44 Percent Discount To Veterans On Tuesday, Nov. 11

Dispensary operator gives a 22% discount to Veterans every day of the year at its six dispensaries in Michigan – announces it will double the discount to 44% this Veterans Day. What: Mint Cannabis’ six Michigan dispensaries provide Veterans with a year-round 22% discount – the highest-percentage discount that...
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Ex-fire official sentenced for drunk driving crash that injured 11-year-old girl

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI — Former Comstock Township Deputy Fire Chief Michael Dyer was sentenced in court today, after previously pleading no contest in a drunken driving case. Dyer was sentenced to 18 months of probation on Monday, Nov. 10, in Kalamazoo County District Court, WWMT reported. In September, he...
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The Promise folks still touting benefits two decades later

Coty Dunten, Kalamazoo Promise senior director of scholar engagement, reminisced while speaking at The Promise @ NACD last Tuesday evening. “My grandmother always told me, ‘You’re going to college,’” she said, “and I did!”. It’s the 20th anniversary of the Kalamazoo Promise, and this free...
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El Sol elementary not just moving but expanding, too

The Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Trustees has approved preliminary designs for a new school that would give El Sol room to include middle schoolers. The board previously voted to move the school from its current location in the city of Kalamazoo’s Vine neighborhood to a plot of district-owned land in Kalamazoo...
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And the October Photo of the Month is…

We've tallied the votes and the results are in... Congratulations to Linda Wright for "Happy Halloween from the Best Dressed Airedales and Their Otterhounds," taken in Battle Creek, MI!. Option 6: Happy Halloween from the Best Dressed Airedales and Their Otterhounds, Linda Wright - 34% of votes. The full results...
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Ex-deputy fire chief to be sentenced after no contest plea to driving drunk, hitting...

COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, Mich. — An ex-deputy fire chief who plead guilty to seriously injuring an 11-year-old-girl while driving drunk will be sentenced Monday afternoon. Previous: Comstock Twp deputy fire chief fired after drunk driving plea: 'We've waited long enough'. Arrested for operating while intoxicated (OWI) and...
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A Kalamazoo homecoming: The Gilmore names inaugural managing director

KALAMAZOO, MI — The Gilmore announced this past week that Kelly W. Waltrip will join the Kalamazoo-based piano and arts organization as its inaugural managing director. Waltrip will assume the role on Jan. 1, 2026, the organization announced. A 2003 graduate of Western Michigan University’s music program — where...
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Morning Buzz: November 10, 2025

Disclaimer: This is sponsored content. All opinions and views are of the advertiser and do not reflect the same of Fox 17. The Morning Buzz is sponsored by Biggby Coffee. For those looking to help out their neighbors comes the Muskegon Rescue Mission! They need help this Thanksgiving - aiming to collect 900 frozen...

Hundreds received free medical care at pop-up community clinic

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Battle Creek Tabernacle Seventh-Day Adventist Church held a free dental, vision, and medical clinic Sunday in partnership with Amen Clinics. Preview: Free dental, vision, and medical clinic to serve 300 at Battle Creek Academy. From 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. more than 120 volunteers,...

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