Portage News

Maybe only a few Shell stations in the area are going to raise their prices for the upcoming Fourth of July weekend.

Four Kalamazoo County criminal-justice agencies will share a $553,309 federal grant that offers federal economic-stimulus dollars to ``prevent or reduce crime and violence.'' The city of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Portage and Kalamazoo Township are sidestepping provisions that would have allowed a portion of the money to ``support hiring.'' ...

A parolee suspected of making threatening phone calls to his relatives and beating up his girlfriend surrendered to police Monday after a SWAT team used tear gas at a residence east of Portage, police said.

The temperature will be rising again on Wednesday in Southwest Michigan, but the gas prices are still falling at several stations.

Nature program for seniors in Kalamazoo "Boomers and Beyond: Bugs, the Good, the Bad, the Beautiful" is being hosted by the Kalamazoo Nature Center , 7000 N. Westnedge.

A Portage woman is hospitalized in serious condition after a car struck her at the border of Comstock and Kalamazoo townships early this morning.

TASTE OF PORTAGE TODAY: Plenty of fun and lots to eat are on tap at the Taste of Portage from 4 to 9 p.m. today at the Overlander Bandshell, 7800 Shaver Road, Portage.

Many companies are reducing investments and putting projects on hold to weather the current recession.

A talent competition at Portage Northern High School that was canceled Wednesday because of a water main break has been rescheduled for Friday, officials said.

The fourth annual Taste of Portage from 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday has a later date this year, and it will be a shorter event.

A Hudsonville man who bilked people out of more than $36,000 was sentenced Monday to 15 days in jail and five years of probation.

Hansen Building and Design Corp. will begin construction Wednesday on a new, free-standing, 7,359-square-foot medical office building to house Great Lakes Plastic & Hand Surgery.

Police are looking for two armed robbers who stole from the Admiral gas station.

Server Randi Jones hands Doug Sheldon of Kalamazoo his order as Shay Evans, 14, of Kalamazoo, Brooke Keller, 15 of Vicksburg and Sheldon's son Ryan, 2, watch during lunch at the Country Maid Bakery/El Dorado Cafe on Portage Road.

Police late Thursday were looking for two suspects in an armed robbery reported shortly after 8:40 p.m. at a residence in the 7500 block of Mac Arthur Lane in Portage.

Nine children adopted out of difficult family situations into a home filled with love are again without the nurturing of a mother.

A Police were looking for two suspects in an armed robbery reported shortly after 8:30 p.m. Thursday at a residence in the vicinity of Oakland Drive and Schuring Road.

A Portage man is expected in court today on charges he was driving drunk and caused a fatal traffic crash Monday in Battle Creek.

A local school system needs to cut a lot of money, and that means cutting jobs. Monday night, the Portage Public School board debated on whether or not to cut more than a million dollars from the budget.

In an emotional, four-plus-hour meeting, the Portage Public Schools Board of Education agreed Monday to privatize the district's second- and third-shift custodial work, laying off 23 employees.