Kalamazoo MI

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Comstock Public Schools receives state grant for literacy programming

West Michigan school districts have been awarded grant funding to boost their literacy programming.
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Kalamazoo National Blue Out For Foster Children

See Us Now, is a student-led organization designed to advocate for foster children, and they have put together an initiative to highlight the problem that surrounds missing and trafficked foster children in America.
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Inside The Bewitching Peddlers Of Halloween In Michigan

Get ready for a magical day in Marshall, where art and Halloween come together in a way you won't believe.
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New Kalamazoo principal was a veteran teacher at the school she’s leading

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Sierra Prather, the new Woods Lake Elementary School principal, starts her day greeting students as they walk in the door. “I’m in the hallway saying hello to our staff, saying hello to the kids, so that they feel important,” Prather said. The halls of Woods...
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Nonprofit builds custom tricycle for boy with disability to help build his mobility

VICKSBURG, Mich. — A local nonprofit presented a boy with his first bike and much more Sunday afternoon. AMBUCS created an ambility bike just for Owen Bolles to build both his mobility and his independence. The 12-year-old pedaled with purpose on his Amtryke during Vicksburg's Fall Bike Celebration, created...
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Michigan nursing home sues the IRS, claiming it’s owed a $4.9 million tax refund

A Hasting nursing home has filed suit against the Internal Revenue Service, alleging that it hasn’t received $4.9 million in refunds that it was eligible for under a pandemic-era tax credit. Thornapple Manor is a 161-bed nursing home owned by Barry County and overseen by the county’s Department of...
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‘Grow Edison’: New mural sprouts up in Kalamazoo neighborhood by homegrown artist

KALAMAZOO, MI –– A new mural sprouted up in the Edison neighborhood this past weekend. Patrick Hershberger, an Edison neighborhood resident, was on a lift outside a boutique called Artesania La Guarecita De Michoacan, 638 Portage St., spraying away. An authentic Mexican food stand sits in front of...
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KDPS seeks person who filmed shooting near WMU

The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says there is video circulating on social media of a shooting that occurred near Western Michigan University's campus over the weekend.
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Shooting inside late-night food hangout near WMU shakes neighbors

Four people were shot inside the restaurant after 3 a.m. and a fifth person was injured by debris from the incident.
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4 months after fire, downtown Kalamazoo brunch restaurant is about ready to reopen

KALAMAZOO, MI — A fryer malfunction set the back of house aflame at 600 Kitchen & Bar on May 19. After four months of being closed, the restaurant at 600 E. Michigan Ave. is reopening Oct. 7, per a Millennium Restaurant Group press release. “We are beyond grateful for...

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