Portage News

Portage West Middle sixth-grader DJ Prentiss demonstrates his speedy cup-stacking skills Friday for residents at Fountain View of Portage Assisted Living.

Several years ago, Kmart saved Christmas for Carol Jennings. With her husband laid off and little money to spare, Jennings bought presents for her two children using Kmart's layaway plan.

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, Mich. Two Kmarts in Kalamazoo County have been slated to close.

A third person has been charged with delivering the heroin that killed Portage teen Amy Bousfield in a June 2008 overdose.

Police announced another arrest in the 2008 overdose death of a teenager from Portage.

Police are looking for suspects in a string of vehicle break-ins over the weekend.

Armed with candy, cider and donuts, the construction-management firm Miller-Davis Co.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a house fire just west of Portage. Texas Township firefighters and the South Kalamazoo County Fire Authority were called just before 3 p.m. to the 8200 block of South 10th Street on a report of a working house fire.

A Portage man was charged Tuesday with armed robbery, and police say he robbed a party store in Otsego earlier this month.

Shelley Steinmiller, a 54-year-old from Portage, said she was suffering from hormonal imbalances causing weight gain and sleep problems.

UPDATED 10:27 A.M. - PORTAGE - Newspaper and broadcast reports say a small airplane has crashed through a fence at the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport.

A Portage attorney is challenging a speeding ticket he received on Stadium Drive in Kalamazoo, citing a Kalamazoo Gazette investigation that raised questions about the legality of some of speed limits on some city streets.

Two candidates seeking a two-year seat on the Portage City Council have so far spent the most among the nine candidates hoping to win election to the council on Nov.

An organization that sprung from the defunct Kalamazoo County Taxpayers Association has started ranking area entities' transparency.

Workers at Mann + Hummel's Portage plant assemble a sound pipe for the Ford Mustang GT in this May 2009 file photo.

PORTAGE, Mich. New clues are emerging in the case of a missing Portage man who's now back home.

The Portage City Council will consider a tax break for a local manufacturer looking to add jobs.

Joshua Binkley, who is 38 years old with the mind of a seven-year-old, has been missing since Saturday afternoon and may be in the company of two other people.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. A new survey from MSNBC and Moody's Economy said the Kalamazoo-Portage area is the only metro region in Michigan that is emerging from the recession.

Portage police say they have busted a Battle Creek man who was breaking into cars at an apartment complex.