Kalamazoo MI

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Elevated levels of total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) are being found in portions Battle Creek's drinking water system. More background: Battle Creek water system exceeds TTHM limits; officials say no immediate health risk. The City of Battle Creek issued a public notice on Monday after finding that...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – The organization that will run Kalamazoo County’s soon-to-open transitional shelter for unhoused families has named their Executive Director. Andrea Tramel will head the newly formed Family Promise of Southwest Michigan. Tramel had been the development director for Ministry with...

A judge is expected to decide Tuesday whether to postpone a hearing on labor complaints against the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency. That's according to the Kalamazoo Career Technical Education Association, a union for instructors at KRESA. The agency serves school districts in the Kalamazoo area and...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Grand Rapids, Michigan – Winter weather is set to make a noticeable return across West Michigan beginning Wednesday and Thursday, with multiple rounds of snow and colder temperatures expected to follow into...

S ince its publication in 1904, it’s been an open question as to whether The Cherry Orchard—onstage at Kalamazoo Civic this month—is a comedy or a tragedy. Anton Chekhov, its author, saw it as the former; Konstantin Stanislavski, its first director, saw it as a tragedy. Like life, it intermingles elements of both.

Get ready, Battle Creek! Monster Truck Wars are rolling into the Kellogg Arena for a weekend packed with jaw-dropping action and roaring engines.

Social media buzz has sparked concern about crime, but the facts say otherwise. Get ready for a closer look at Kalamazoo's safety story.

PORTAGE, MI –– The Moe’s Southwest Grill, 6225 S. Westnedge Ave. in Portage, has closed. A note on the door, as seen on Monday, Jan. 12, thanked “valued customers” for years of patronage and encouraged them to visit the St. Joseph location. The note was...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. South Bend, Indiana – Drivers across northern Indiana and southwest Michigan could face dangerous winter travel starting Wednesday morning as heavy lake effect snow targets communities near Lake Michigan,...

DECATUR, MI — People were forced out of their homes, downtown businesses closed midday, and even train traffic was halted. Saturday was a chaotic day in the small village of Decatur. All because one of the grain bins at Cargill showed a dangerously high temperature reading. When visiting the...