Kalamazoo MI

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Brutal heat and humidity continue through Thursday

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Feels like temperatures are currently surging in the triple digits. As of this moment, it feels like 100 degrees or hotter in Dowagiac, Three Rivers, Coldwater, Allegan, and Ionia. Unfortunately, we have two more sweat-fests lined up for West Michigan. Feels like temperatures are projected as...
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OutFront Kalamazoo hosting first Black Pride festival

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — The first Black Pride festival in Kalamazoo will be held at the end of the summer, OutFront Kalamazoo says. It is happening Aug. 29 in Bates Alley, which is in downtown Kalamazoo, between Edwards and Portage streets near E Michigan Avenue. Bates Alley businesses, local entertainers and vendors
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Citywide brush collection in Sturgis begins July 6

Three weeks after a storm socked St. Joseph County, work continues to clear trees and limbs in Sturgis. Beginning July 6, city crews will begin an organized brush pickup throughout the city. Collection will take place in quadrants, roughly in this order:. North of U.S. 12, east of North Nottawa...
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Car crashes into Plainwell Ice Cream as heat wave hits Michigan

PLAINWELL, MI — An ice cream shop was forced to close temporarily after a car crashed into it. On the afternoon of Tuesday, June 30, car crashed into the side of Plainwell Ice Cream, 621 E. Bridge St., owner David Gaylord owner said. The ice cream shop will be...
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Kalamazoo roadside tree project may be scaled back amid safety debate, limits and pushback

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Opposition to the Kalamazoo County Road Commission’s roadside tree removal project continued to grow Tuesday as residents packed another public meeting. Residents were urging commissioners to scale back plans they say would remove thousands of mature trees while presenting new research challenging th
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Group looks to put health care initiative on the November ballot in Kalamazoo

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – An advocacy group that says it’s “fed up with a lack of access to healthcare and skyrocketing costs” plans to deliver boxes of signatures to the Kalamazoo City Clerk Wednesday to place a local health care initiative on the November ballot.
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Woman turns herself in, released on $500 bond in Kalamazoo fatal hit-and-run

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A woman has been charged in connection to a fatal hit-and-run crash in Kalamazoo. After turning herself in, Carol Kosch, 55, was arraigned Tuesday on a felony charge of failing to stop at a accident when at fault resulting in death, court records obtained by News Channel 3 detailed.
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From Dry Cleaners to Flower Shops: Michigan awards $3.5M to transform polluted sites

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy is awarding over $3.5 million in Brownfield Redevelopment Grants to five community projects. One will turn the former Maplewood Drycleaners in Holland into a flower shop. EGLE Brownfield Coordinator Douglas Koop says a $200,000 grant will pay for cleanup an
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Air Quality Alert issued for several West Michigan counties due to ozone levels

An Air Quality Alert was issued for several West Michigan counties Tuesday. The alert was issued for Muskegon, Ottawa, Kent, Allegan, Van Buren, and Berrien counties, according to state health officials. Weather: Brutal heat and humidity continue through Thursday. Increased heat and sunlight brings a threat of Ozone de
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Between Grand Rapids And Kalamazoo Is An Underrated Community With Lakeside Eats, Historic Buildings,...

Shelbyville is a community in western Michigan that would probably be best described as a hamlet, consisting of a few quiet streets lined with historic buildings and a scattering of residential homes. At the same time, the wider Shelbyville area is quintessential rural Michigan, with golf courses, camping, and a stretc

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