Kalamazoo MI

PORTAGE, Mich. — After months of construction and delays, The Landing Place is set to open in Kalamazoo County later this month, bringing a new approach to family homelessness. A ribbon cutting is scheduled for April 30, with final preparations now underway inside the facility. “This project was actually...

CALHOUN COUNTY, Mich. — Crews are on the scene of an incident involving semi with smoke coming from its trailer Saturday morning on Interstate 94 in Calhoun County. It happened near Exit 122 to M-99, according to a News Channel 3 crew in the area. Smoke was seen coming...

Fans of everything sci-fi, video games and pop culture were ready for the doors to open Friday for the first day of Kalamazoo Comic-Con.

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI — A bridge repair project will close a section of Barney Road in Kalamazoo for more than two weeks starting next week. The Michigan Department of Transportation will close Barney Road over the U.S. 131 Business Route from Monday, April 13, through April 29 to repair the bridge.

The historic Chenery Auditorium will host several of this year’s most highly anticipated concerts. Described as “one of the most beautiful concert halls in the whole of America” by 1998 Gilmore artist Leif Ove Andsnes, Chenery was completed over a century ago and has remained a cornerstone of arts and culture in Kalamazoo.

ASSYRIA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Multiple people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash on South M-66 and Tasker Road in Assyria Township Thursday. An preliminary investigation indicates a Toyota Camry was traveling northbound at a high rate of speed while a GMC Acadia was traveling southbound, according to the Barry County Sheriff's Office (BCSO).

Downtown Kalamazoo has been called a spaghetti bowl, with a traffic pattern motorists compare to tangled pasta. One knot of noodles is at the west end, where two major streets cross; West Main Street and West Michigan Avenue, which becomes Stadium Drive when you travel Southwest. A railroad track runs...

BARRY COUNTY, Mich. — Barry County was hit with significant floods last week after torrential rainfall. Many areas of West Michigan picked up over a month's worth of rain in the first four days of April. According to a release from the Barry County Emergency Management Department, upwards of...

VAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. -- A 45-year-old man in Van Buren County has been arrested after a SWAT raid uncovered drugs, weapons, and more. The raid happened yesterday, April 9. Detectives located multiple controlled substances, digital scales, packaging materials, and several firearms. The majority of the narcotics were concealed within a hidden compartment inside a bedroom wall. Detectives recovered approximately 10 grams of...

Michigan has the highest rate of chronic absenteeism in the Midwest. Schools in southwest Michigan are using research-backed tactics to try to get kids back in class. Districts are doing things like celebrating attendance, sending extra buses to pick up kids and more. VAN BUREN COUNTY ― A lot of...