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The Village of Richland, in Kalamazoo County, is leading the state with the amount of arrests made for people operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

The deal by Phoenix Properties Inc. to buy and convert the former Kalamazoo Gazette newspaper building into a multi-use commercial/retail space is off the table.

A principal of the Kalamazoo-based property management and development company said The Exchange Building is still planned for the southeast corner of Rose Street and Michigan Avenue.

Laura Sprague uses plastic swords and hula hoops to get the members of her cardio class sweating at the Body Love Project.

As a girl, Emily Deering remembers eating jerk chicken from a road-side cart and lobster diving late at night during family vacations in Negril, Jamaica.

Anyone caught setting off fireworks in the early morning hours in Kalamazoo could be subjected to a $500 fine under an ordinance being considered by the Kalamazoo City Commission .

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Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller said police were called to the 6000 block of East Main Street at 8:50 p.m. Monday on the report of a shooting that killed a person.

The Kalamazoo Downtown Development Authority will put off some downtown parking improvements and will take longer to repay a loan from Kalamazoo County after making budget adjustments Monday in anticipation of about $196,000 less in 2013 revenues.

Drunk drivers beware: The Richland and Schoolcraft police departments topped the state in drunken-driving arrests per officer in 2012.

"This is not a mistake," Giguere said. "This is an act of brutality, an act of violence.

Elaine Joy Dimock, 28, of South Westnedge Avenue, was sentenced to four days in jail, one year of probation and ordered to pay attorney fees, court costs and state fees for possession of analogues in November in Kalamazoo.

A small group of employees from Zoetis Inc. spend their lunch breaks strapped in harnesses for wall climbing at Climb Kalamazoo , 136 S. Kalamazoo Mall, a few times a week.

The Rotary Club of Kalamazoo recently supported the Kalamazoo Rotaract Club by participating in a work day to benefit Verburg Park.

People on The Move announces the new title or working role of local people moving from one paid position to another.

Susie Scholma, owner of Coast 2 Coast SUP, paddles to shore after a yoga class on Lake Macatawa.

About 50 Kalamazoo children in grades K-12 are participating this summer in Freedom School , a national program organized by the Children's Defense Fund to promote literacy and other skills in African-American students.

Western Michigan University student Greg Crane says his responses to an online assessment of his traits and personality cost him a job last summer at a Portage company that specializes in logistics.

The proposed budget was presented to the KPS board at their June 13 meeting and a board voted is scheduled for June 25. A hearing will be held that night to allow for public comment.

On June 19, the Institute will host "Innovations in Life Sciences and Technology in Improving Food Protection" in Kalamazoo, MI.