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Mar 16, 2012 | Journal Gazette

2 trapped in burning car after crash with school bus

A 42-year-old man was clinging to life Friday afternoon after his motorcycle struck a dump truck on U.S. 33.

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Wed Feb 15, 2012

The Kalamazoo Gazette

Schoolcraft, Portage top the Kalamazoo area in 2011 MEAP reading results

Students in Schoolcraft and Portage were among the Kalamazoo area's top performers in reading based on state assessment tests administered in October 2011, according to data released Wednesday by the Michigan Department of Education.

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Mon Feb 06, 2012

MLive.com

Burr Oak mailbox set ablaze, sheriff's department seeking information

A mailbox on the 28000 block of White Street was set on fire around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, according to a news release from the St.

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Fri Jan 20, 2012

The Kalamazoo Gazette

Southwest Michigan Links: South Haven suffers new round of church break-ins

Here is a look at some noteworthy stories from other media in southwest Michigan today: Despite the arrest of two suspects for six church break-ins that occurred December and early January, three more churches have been hit, the last one on Jan.

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Thu Jan 12, 2012

The Kalamazoo Gazette

Covert Public Schools, region's best-funded district, on state list of fiscally troubled systems

Taxes paid by the Palisades nuclear power plant, just south of Van Buren State Park, mean that Covert Public Schools has the highest per-pupil operating revenue in the region.

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