Kalamazoo MI

KALAMAZOO, MI -- A $407,549 grant to the city of Kalamazoo will support pedestrian safety around Winchell Elementary School and Maple Street Magnet School. The federal grant will fund a new sidewalk, pedestrian crosswalks and a pedestrian signal near the schools. The city sought the grant to improve safety for...

Sheriff's deputies were called to a home east of Kalamazoo and south of Battle Creek to rescue 68 dogs from deplorable conditions. Unfortunately, a 69th was found dead in the yard.

Kalamazoo Gospel Mission changed policy for emergency overnight shelter capacity on October 6. Julie Dunmire, Kalamazoo area reporter, checked on things after a few weeks.

It required some logistics and cost assessment to make it possible. Officials implement new policy that will bring big change to student lunches: 'It's just the right thing to do' first appeared on The Cool Down .

Some 178 employees are set to lose their jobs at a manufacturing plant in Mendon by the end of the year, a notice filed with the state says.

AUGUSTA, MI — Thanks to modern science, a Michigan soldier’s remains were returned home to his family 75 years after he was declared missing in action. Descendants of Capt. Charles Graham Gibson Jr. gathered on Thursday, Oct. 16, at Fort Custer National Cemetery in Kalamazoo County. The long lost soldier received a...

MICHIGAN — A Michigan homeowner may face felony animal abuse and torture charges after deputies discovered dozens of animals living in hazardous conditions, including a dead dog in the yard, according to Calhoun County authorities. The investigation began Tuesday when deputies responded to a home on 8½ Mile...

Animal control officers have rescued two dogs suffering from apparent neglect in Marcellus Township, deputies say.

PORTAGE, Mich. — Kalamazoo County and the City of Portage are hoping to move forward with plans to jointly hire an emergency management specialist to improve regional disaster preparedness. The position, which will be full time for Kalamazoo County and part time for Portage, is designed to coordinate emergency...

Battle Creek police say two homemade explosives were tossed from a vehicle Friday night, resulting in 911 calls of an explosion in a neighborhood.