Kalamazoo MI

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Governor Gretchen Whitmer was in Kalamazoo on Thursday afternoon to host a roundtable discussion with local officials and medical experts amid potentially significant cuts to Medicaid. The roundtable was at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine. The U.S. House voted on a new...

Air quality reached unhealthy levels across the state Thursday as smoke from the Canadian wildfires drifted south.

KALAMAZOO, MI — The location of Discover Kalamazoo’s planned $40 million indoor youth sports facility has been officially proposed. The proposed site is in Kalamazoo’s Westwood neighborhood, north of the Holiday Inn, between Drake Road and U.S. 131, Discover Kalamazoo CEO Jane Ghosh told the Kalamazoo City Commission...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Gov. Whitmer will be in Kalamazoo Thursday to discuss Medicaid. Featuring doctors, students and medical experts, Gov. Whitmer will be moderating a Medicaid Roundtable Thursday at Western Michigan University’s (WMed) School of Medicine. The discussion will focus on access to Medicaid amidst cuts to...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A tree has caused a localized power outage near Gobles Thursday. State: Air Quality Advisory issued for state of Michigan due to Canadian wildfire smoke. About 5,000 Consumers Energy (CE) customers are experiencing an outage west of Kalamazoo after a tree came in contact with a power line in...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Road work is coming to Westnedge Avenue in Kalamazoo. Beginning June 16, the city of Kalamazoo will repave Westnedge Avenue from Vine Street to Michigan Avenue. This project is significantly smaller than the 2024 Westnedge project, according to city officials, which included a full water main...

Ed Gale - Actor, Performer. Know for playing Chucky in the original Child's Play (1988) film the family says actor Ed Gale of Plainwell, Michigan,. ...hitched a ride to California when he was twenty years old, with $41 and a dream, and he never looked back. Gale was born in...

KALAMAZOO, MI — A jury came back without reaching a verdict in a murder trial, resulting in a mistrial in the case of a man fatally stabbed near a homeless encampment, officials said. Jason Lawrence Blough, 41, was charged with open murder in the November 2023 stabbing of 62-year-old...

There are some restaurants in Southwest Michigan. They just have a hard time catching wind and don’t seem to last very long. It’s hard to say whether or not it’s because of the restaurant itself or the location, but regardless, we’ve seen many buildings change from one thing to the next.

If Zen is a state, then surely it can’t be a room, right? Loy Norrix says wrong. Amid the noise of crowded hallways, packed schedules, and constant notifications, there’s a quiet space tucked away in our school that many students have come to appreciate: the Zen Room. The Zen Room is a relaxing space inside the...