Kalamazoo MI

A new analysis of FBI burglary data shows Michigan had the sixth-largest increase in reported burglaries nationwide in 2026. The study by Compare the Market found burglary reports in Michigan climbed 33 percent, rising from under 11,000 cases in 2025 to more than 14,600 so far this year. Detroit recorded...

Western Michigan University is offering buyout packages to tenured faculty over age 60 as a way to address budget shortfalls. According to a document obtained by MLive, the “Voluntary Separation Program" will offer tiered buyouts of 50-100% of the 2026-2027 fiscal year base salary for eligible faculty that apply for th

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — It’s now been three weeks since residents of Wildwood Off Main returned home to bright notices of condemnation stuck on their front door. While those original notices remain in place, they’re now joined by bright yellow caution tape strung across the bottom of every staircase.

KALAMAZOO, MI -- A property donation has moved Portage one step closer to adding a new trail. The Portage City Council accepted the donation of a 7.05-acre vacant industrial parcel at 4501 Quality Court at a Tuesday, May 26 meeting. The property was donated by DSL Enterprises, Inc. The property...

The car that symbolized city life across America was manufactured far from those busy streets, in a plant deep in the heart of Michigan.

United Auto Workers members at an automotive parts supplier in Three Rivers say they’ll strike next week if their employer does not put forth a better deal on a contract by the end of Sunday. UAW Local 2093 represents workers at the Three Rivers American Axle plant. In 2008,...

A popular Portage lake has suddenly turned from summer playground to caution zone. Kalamazoo County officials issued a public-health advisory yesterday after preliminary testing detected the algal toxin microcystin in Austin Lake. People are being urged not to swallow lake water and to steer clear of any surface scums

KALAMAZOO, MI – Kalamazoo Deputy City Manager Rebekah Kik submitted her letter of resignation on Tuesday, May 26, leaving the city after 11 years in various roles. Kik is leaving to take a job at the University of Notre Dame as a professor in the School of Architecture and at the Housing and Community Regeneration Cent

Richland Township residents filled the cafeteria of Gull Lake Middle School until after 9 p.m. on Wednesday during the conclusion of a public hearing for the Liberty Farms Solar project proposed by Consumers Energy. The project would cover over 2,200 acres of land in Richland Township — much of which...

KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, Mich. — People living at the Wildwood Off Main apartment complex in Kalamazoo Township are again facing uncertainty after management told people in second-floor apartments they need to vacate because engineers found decks and stairways are unsafe, officials said. Kalamazoo Township Supervisor David