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Deputies: Woman threatened to kill man, waved stolen gun

A woman was arrested after allegedly waving a stolen gun at a man over a missing cell phone at a home in Springfield early Wednesday morning, deputies say.
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Vicksburg’s revitalized downtown drives growth, community spirit, and local spending — with incentives

The village of Vicksburg, 14 miles southeast of Kalamazoo, has an extraordinary downtown — clean and colorful with a wide variety of businesses and inviting touches like benches, tables, and chairs on the sidewalks where you can eat and drink or just people-watch. It’s a historic downtown with a...
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Fur Ball Gala Returns To Haymarket Desenburg Plaza In Downtown Kalamazoo September 18

Downtown Kalamazoo's Haymarket Desenburg Plaza hosts the second annual Fur Ball Gala in September, where business casual dress, appetizers, and a cuddle lounge come together to support Southwest Michigan's SPCA.
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Wish launches teen cancer survivor’s college career

A local teen cancer survivor is one step closer to chasing her dreams of helping others thanks to Make-A-Wish Michigan and Western Michigan University.
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Step Inside the Legendary Michigan Factory That Helped Shape American Music

The sound of American music has passed through Kalamazoo in ways most people never realize. Along Parsons Street, the old Gibson factory at 225 Parsons Street once helped shape the future of electric guitars, with instruments crafted by hand inside a building now steeped in rock, blues, and jazz history.
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This Enormous Michigan Zoo Spans 433 Acres And Offers Giraffe Encounters Straight Out Of...

There’s a giraffe in Battle Creek, Michigan, who has better people skills than most humans you’ve met, and you can shake hands with it, or close enough, at Binder Park Zoo. This place is not what you expect when someone says “zoo in Michigan.”. Most zoos give...
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Family demands harsher penalty for deputy who withheld evidence in 2023 Kalamazoo Co. shooting

After a Kalamazoo County sheriff's deputy withheld evidence tied to a fatal shooting for two years, leading to murder charges being dropped and a suspect walking free, the family of the man who was killed is demanding accountability.
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Thousands without power in Kalamazoo and Van Buren counties

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Thousands of people in Kalamazoo and Van Buren counties are without power Tuesday evening. The Consumers Energy outage map shows more than 2,500 customers living in the western region of Kalamazoo County and the eastern region of Van Buren County are without power. Crash: Driver OK...
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Governor Whitmer signs school budget with free meals for all, saving families $1,000 per...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Michigan public school students will eat for free this coming school year after Gov. Whitmer signed the school budget. The governor's office says the program will save families around $1,000 per year, per child. For Kalamazoo mom Elida Munoz, free meals make a real difference for...
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One Michigan City Made the National Top 5 for Broken McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines

Getting a soft serve cone at McDonald's can feel like a game of chance. A new six year study tracked machine downtime across 492 cities and found Michigan sitting near the top of the list.

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