Kalamazoo MI

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The second estate sale in honor of local legend Gene "The Pumpkin Man" Rhodes starts Wednesday. Rhodes, more commonly known as Gene the Pumpkin Man, passed away in December 2024. He was the third generation to farm his property along M-43 in Kalamazoo, and after starting to sell pumpkins in 1957,...

Three Southwest Michigan Counties are among the 10 riskiest counties for Lyme Disease in the state. Here's what you need to know. Lyme disease can give you flu-like symptoms can can attack your nervous system if untreated, according to Michigan.gov,. Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and...

Michigan distributor Imperial Beverage Company has acquired the wine division of Carmela Foods Distributing Inc., adding more than 1,500 wine products to its portfolio. Effective June 2, Kalamazoo-based Imperial Beverage will take over Fraser-based Carmela Foods’ wine division and customer base. Carmela Foods, which...

GULL LAKE, MI -- Many people joke, “I wish I learned that in high school.”. But the students of Betsy Springer, a teacher with Gull Lake Virtual Partnership in Kalamazoo County, might be the exception. Springer teaches “Adulting 101″ and “Adulting 102″ classes, where high school students learn how...

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...

Deputies helped a resident in a wheelchair escape a fire that destroyed a home near Grand Junction Sunday afternoon.

A suspect has been arrested in a shooting that killed a man in Kalamazoo Wednesday, police say.

Michigan – Two individuals from Kalamazoo County have been given long federal prison sentences for their roles in a mass fentanyl poisoning in 2023 that killed seven people and sent numerous others to the hospital. Andrew Byerly Birge, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, gave James Smith,...

MICHIGAN, USA — West Michigan is celebrating Pride Month this year with parades, festivals and community events. Pride Big Rapids Festival - June 29 from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Cass County PrideFest - June 14 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Grand Haven. Grand Haven Pride Festival -...

Meet Baylee Gwilt, the young athlete who's taking Lake Center Elementary by storm with her impressive skills in both softball and volleyball. Southwest Michigan Next Level Student-Athlete of the Week. Athlete of the Week Nomination: Baylee Gwilt. Sport: Softball and Volleyball. School: Lake Center Elementary in...