Kalamazoo News

Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller said police were called to the 6000 block of East Main Street at 8:50 p.m. Monday on the report of a shooting that killed a person.

The Kalamazoo Downtown Development Authority will put off some downtown parking improvements and will take longer to repay a loan from Kalamazoo County after making budget adjustments Monday in anticipation of about $196,000 less in 2013 revenues.

Drunk drivers beware: The Richland and Schoolcraft police departments topped the state in drunken-driving arrests per officer in 2012.

"This is not a mistake," Giguere said. "This is an act of brutality, an act of violence.

Elaine Joy Dimock, 28, of South Westnedge Avenue, was sentenced to four days in jail, one year of probation and ordered to pay attorney fees, court costs and state fees for possession of analogues in November in Kalamazoo.

A small group of employees from Zoetis Inc. spend their lunch breaks strapped in harnesses for wall climbing at Climb Kalamazoo , 136 S. Kalamazoo Mall, a few times a week.

The Rotary Club of Kalamazoo recently supported the Kalamazoo Rotaract Club by participating in a work day to benefit Verburg Park.

People on The Move announces the new title or working role of local people moving from one paid position to another.

Susie Scholma, owner of Coast 2 Coast SUP, paddles to shore after a yoga class on Lake Macatawa.

About 50 Kalamazoo children in grades K-12 are participating this summer in Freedom School , a national program organized by the Children's Defense Fund to promote literacy and other skills in African-American students.

Western Michigan University student Greg Crane says his responses to an online assessment of his traits and personality cost him a job last summer at a Portage company that specializes in logistics.

The proposed budget was presented to the KPS board at their June 13 meeting and a board voted is scheduled for June 25. A hearing will be held that night to allow for public comment.

On June 19, the Institute will host "Innovations in Life Sciences and Technology in Improving Food Protection" in Kalamazoo, MI.

Whether the work is paid, volunteer, a hobby or a past time, there will always be work to do, Walter Massey, Kalamazoo College's commencement speaker, said.

Surprise and shock were fitting words for 11-year-old Deon Kelley when he found out Wednesday how old his Big Brothers Big Sisters mentor is.

The phrases "nine acres in the woods" and "surrounded by trees" sound more like a description of a hunting camp, but they're instead being applied to a preschool opening in Kalamazoo.

People across the nation will be showing their support for public transportation on Thursday, June 20 in celebration of this eighth Annual National Dump The Pump Day.

A two-vehicle crash near the intersection of West Main Street and Piccadilly Road in Kalamazoo Saturday night slowed westbound traffic on West Main Street.

KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, Mich- Saturday Afternoon, The Township of Kalamazoo Police Department responded to a report of a 71 year old white male who walked away from his home in the 600 Block of Chicago Avenue.

The clean up continues in West Michigan where forestry crews and Utility Line crews will be finishing up repairs to the power grid after Wednesday night's wind storms.