Comstock News

As we come to the close of 2009, there are very few of us who would like to repeat this year -- at least in the financial sense.

As we come to the close of 2009, there are very few of us who would like to repeat this year -- at least in the financial sense.

The city of Kalamazoo's scheduled Jan. 4 adoption of rate hikes for water and sewer services was pushed back Monday after supervisors from five area townships charged that the city is inflating costs and refusing to provide them with information.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm speaks Wednesday with Kalamazoo-area residents at Housing Resources, Inc.

Alex Peterson, 7, of Comstock tries to catch snowflakes on his tongue outside the Richland Community Library during the 36th annual Richland holiday open house and wassailing event.

A $1.9 million loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will allow the Comstock Community Center to expand its programming for infants, children and young adults.

Portage police have tracked down a stolen delivery truck. Someone took the truck from Kalamazoo Stripping and Derusting around 10 o'clock. Officers spotted it around 1:00 Tuesday morning on Rosemont Street in Comstock.

A traffic stop has led to a meth bust at a Kalamazoo County trailer park. Deputies pulled over a driver around 1:00 am Sunday on King Highway near Comstock.

On the morning of Oct. 13, Kalamazoo Township author Bonnie Jo Campbell had no agent, no deal for her new book and "was kind of thinking this writing thing wasn't really going to work out." Things changed that afternoon when her phone rang with the news that her short story collection, "American Salvage," had been named one of five fiction ...

Military personnel will be recognized Wednesday in Veterans Day ceremonies across the area.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. A Kalamazoo man faces at least 20 years in prison after admitting to cooking more than a pound of meth.

Sentencings October 16, 2009 Recently sentenced by Calhoun County Circuit Judge Stephen Miller: Tracy Ann Brown, 44, of 6328 JK Ave.

Roy Ballett, left, who owns an apple orchard near Lawrence, jokes with Jerry Vermeulen of Kalamazoo and Don Kramer, right, of Galesburg, as he sells apples at the first Kalamazoo Indoor Farmers market held Wednesday at the Kalamazoo County Expo Center.

The program will include drumming for peace, led by Trybal Revival; songs by Catherine Ellis and Alma Muxlow; and messages from local peace activists.

Karl Jutzi, 50, of Paw Paw, center, embraces his fiance' Laurie Knight, 42, of Comstock, moments after Jutzi proposed marriage and Knight accepting, at the Black Swan Restaurant, Kalamazoo, Saturday evening, August 22, 2009.

"American Salvage" by Bonnie Jo Campbell was released in April on Wayne State University Press.

COMSTOCK, Mich. There is a news alert for parents about a dangerous drug trend. The moonflower plant grows wild all around West Michigan.

I took a road trip a couple weeks ago. It didn't start out as a road trip, but then ... things happen.

Firefighters from Comstock and Pavilion townships are responding to a report of a fire at Green Bay Packaging Inc.

The Comstock Township Board of Trustees has established an industrial development district so a company that plans to move there can receive a tax abatement.