Kalamazoo College News

Local school, civic and business leaders are floating an ambitious proposal to make high-quality preschool instruction available to every Kalamazoo County 4-year-old by fall 2012.

Taking part in Sunday's 133rd Oak Park-River Forest High School commencement was icing on the cake for Nathan Katz.

Stumbled across this online debate about college loans . As the mother of two kids currently in college and a third scheduled to enter college in fall 2010, it sure struck home.

Members of the Kalamazoo College Guild of Change Ringers practice weaving bell sounds together as each controls one of eight bells at Stetson Chapel.

Two cases of the H1N1 virus were confirmed Monday, one each at Kalamazoo College and Western Michigan University, bringing the Kalamazoo County tally to 11.

Bill Sutton swings a hula-hoop as he marches down Michigan Avenue during Saturday's annual Doo-Dah Parade in downtown Kalamazoo.

Michigan's poor image among business people outside the state -- whether fair or not -- is keeping many communities from landing companies looking to set up new offices or plants, a site selection expert says.

Western Michigan University's College of Health and Human Services building received Gold-level LEED for Existing Buildings certification.

Editor's note : The following is one in a continuing series looking at the top seniors from area schools.

Kalamazoo's welcoming slice of antiquity will be dedicated Friday during a special 5:15 p.m. ceremony.

KALAMAZOO -- All three mid-Michigan semifinalist flights fell in that round today at Kalamazoo College, but Okemos tied for eighth overall and East Lansing tied for 10th.

The location, date, time and a speaker's name were incorrect in an item that ran in the ``On Campus'' column on Page A3 of Monday's Kalamazoo Gazette.

The mayors of Battle Creek, Kalamazoo and Portage, along with representatives from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo College and a half-dozen other organizations, got together last week to sign the Southwest Michigan Regional Sustainability Covenant.

Matthew Allen was the 2008 winner of the Stulberg International String Competition.

Message From Kali Akuno: Greetings Comrades, So, its official. Chokwe Lumumba is now the City Councilman for Ward 2 in Jackson, Mississippi after winning 61% of the vote yesterday .

My son, a Kalamazoo College student, says he doesn't need a thermometer to know the outside temperature -- all he has to do is look out his dorm window.

Officials said Friday at least part of I-94 through Battle Creek could reopen before the start of the work week.

Young Women of Achievement awards were bestowed upon 25 high school seniors and women ages 18 to 25 on Thursday at the 25th annual YWCA Women of Achievement Award Celebration.

Music at Western Michigan University Stefon Harris & Blackout are performing jazz music at Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University.

To close its 62nd season, the Kalamazoo Bach Festival presented its Finale Concert on Saturday night to a capacity audience at Kalamazoo College's Stetson Chapel.