Kalamazoo MI

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI -- Years ago, Kalamazoo Public Schools received a federal grant to lower class sizes in the district’s high poverty elementary schools to 17 students or fewer. Melissa Simonson-James was a second grade teacher at the time at Kalamazoo’s Washington Writers’ Academy. “It was amazing,”...

Portage native and NASCAR driver Carson Hocevar returns to his Berlin Raceway roots before heading to Michigan International Speedway this week.

PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A woman was hospitalized after being shot in Pennfield Township Tuesday night, according to the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office. The shooting happened around 8 p.m. off of Gorsline Road, investigators told News Channel 3, who said the woman is currently in critical condition. 'No justice,...

Pride month began June 1 and organizers around West Michigan are gearing up for a month of events to celebrate.

Downtown Kalamazoo has always been a place where you can find great infrastructure, history, food, music, and more. Downtown Kalamazoo is vibrant all year long as there are always events and other reasons to have a night out. There are some businesses that have been serving the community for decades while new...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Three major sites in downtown Kalamazoo could soon be the focus of a huge transformation project. PlazaCorp is leading an investment for the project, worth more than $100 million, hoping to transform underused properties into vibrant spaces as presented to Kalamazoo city commissioners during a...

SCHOOLCRAFT, Mich. — Multiple agencies responded to a house fire Tuesday that blocked off the intersection of 12th Street and S Avenue. Local: Lifeguard training delay postpones opening of Kalamazoo Kik Pool. Portage Department of Public Safety fire and police agencies were on the scene, in addition to Comstock...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The long-anticipated opening of the Kik Pool has been postponed due to a delay in lifeguard training, the Kalamazoo Parks and Recreation Department announced this week. As temperatures rise and summer approaches, locals were eager for the pool’s scheduled opening this Wednesday. But instead,...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — It's one of the comments we hear most: "I was on Channel 3 Clubhouse when I was a kid!" And a question we hear all the time: "When are you going to bring it back?" While we have no immediate plans to revive the show -...

ALBION, MI — An Albion man accused of fatally shooting a roommate is now free. The Calhoun County Prosecutor’s Office on May 28 dropped its case against Amaurion Alonzo Watts, dismissing charges of open murder and a firearm crime, court records show. As the case developed, investigators found...