Kalamazoo News

Editor's note: This is part of a series of profiles of students graduating from Kalamazoo-area high schools this spring.

KALAMAZOO, MI Fire crews from a number of fire departments responded to a huge fire that has consumed the top floor of 5945 Larkwood, a 32-unit apartment building at the Gull Run Apartments.

Robert Towers Jr. said it was around 5:40 this morning when he smelled smoke and heard commotion outside his unit at Gull Run Apartments east of Kalamazoo.

A project which began on a dining room table in the mid-1960s has landed at the Kalamazoo, MI, "Air Zoo" museum after its pilot/builder became unable to fly.

Teachers in the Mattawan Consolidated School district have agreed to pay and benefits concessions for 2012-13, but the district still issued layoff notices to 17 teachers to help balance its budget, according to a press release from the district.

No one was injured in a fire that left a trailer in the Lombardini Trailer Park in Plainwell a total loss Wednesday.

Every spring and summer, nonprofit organizations cater to runners looking for a challenge, hosting competitive races and donating registration fees to support their cause.

While the new album from Kalamazoo country band The Bronk Bros. contains songs about maturing and spirituality, the boys aren't exactly shutting it down at sunset either.

The market, located at the Douglass Community Center, 1000 W. Paterson St., will be open from 3 to 6 p.m. Tuesday and will continue every Tuesday through Aug.

Having it served up on a farm, and being invited to tour the place and pet the animals while you're there.

The Saugatuck Brewing Co. and Grand Rapids-based rockabilly musician Delilah DeWylde combined their talents for a seasonal brew called Delilah DeWylde-Berry Wheat.

The former Checker Motors plant in Kalamazoo got a makeover this week. No, it wasn't cleaned up and made pretty.

One of the busiest weekends of the year in downtown Kalamazoo is almost upon us.

The price of gas in Southwest Michigan fell below $3.68 per gallon on Wednesday morning, according to www.gasbuddy.com . That is no coincidence as motorists keep driving less meaning oil which is refined into gas is sitting in many refinery tanks around the nation.

Members of the Kalamazoo community are invited to the unveiling of a new community garden on Kalamazoo's north side Wednesday evening.

These findings by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Michigan and MSDC, suggest that MSDC-0602, a novel anti-diabetic drug which is in Phase 2 clinical trials, may constitute the first in a class of next generation insulin sensitizers that appear to work through a new ... (more)

The Environmental Protection Agency is continuing work on removing PCBs from the Portage and Axtell creek Superfund sites this summer.

Almost 1,600 votes were cast to determine the best barbecue joint in the Kalamazoo area and Battle Creek's Hogzilla came out on top.

The father of the man who shot and killed Kalamazoo Public Safety Officer Eric Zapata has pleaded guilty to a felony weapons charge in connection with the incident, court documents show.

Rep. Fred Upton, Michigan Republican, has won 13 elections easily, but he faces a tough primary rematch against his 2010 challenger.