Kalamazoo MI

With Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits set to be paused next month, Southwest Michigan food banks are preparing for more traffic. Jennifer Johnson is the Executive Director of Loaves and Fishes, based in Kalamazoo. Johnson said the food bank has been stocking up and planning for an influx of customers.

On Saturday, amateur and advanced birders alike will join Seth Chapman, a Kalamazoo area birder, for a trip to Grassy Lake to witness the beginning of sandhill crane migration in West Michigan.

On Monday afternoon, October 20, 2025, Battle Creek Police responded to a fatal motorcycle crash near SW Capital Avenue and S Washington Avenue in Battle Creek, Michigan. A 24-year-old man died at the scene after his motorcycle collided with another vehicle.

The City of Portage, Michigan has launched a new rental housing website, apartments.portagemi.gov, in partnership with CityWise Software. The website is designed to make the rental process easier by providing verified listings specific to the Portage area.

A public hearing on a dispute over whether Lawton police can use a firing range on village-owned land within neighboring Antwerp Township will have to be rescheduled.

PORTAGE, MI — Southbound Westnedge Avenue was temporarily shut down for a gas leak in the area and one lane remains closed. All southbound lanes were blocked by police as of 10:50 a.m. and traffic was being diverted onto Crossroads Drive as Portage Department of Public Safety officers responded along with a Consumers...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Kalamazoo residents are speaking out against a possible car wash being located near the Asylum Lake Nature Preserve. Drive and Shine Car Wash owns the 19-acres of land and have submitted a new request to build next to the nature preserve, saying the demand for the car wash is there.

A visit to Hot N Now was long overdue, but did it live up to all the hype buzzing around Sturgis? Let’s dig into the flavors.

BATTLE CREEK, MI — Urgency will be the main course served during the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples’ (NAACP) Battle Creek Branch’s 90th Annual Freedom Fund Dinner on Friday at the DoubleTree by Hilton Battle Creek, 50 Capital Ave SW, in Battle Creek, MI.

PORTAGE, MI — Signs are up at the Raising Cane’s at 6027 S. Westnedge Ave., but the restaurant isn’t expected to open for a few more months. Originally slated to welcome customers in October, a Raising Cane’s spokesperson said the Portage fast-food chicken restaurant will open in January 2026.