Portage News

Anyone interested in running for the Portage Public Schools Board of Education in November is invited to attend a candidate information session at 5:30 p.m. Monday.

Here is a list of the police officers, firefighters, dispatchers and volunteers who were recognized Wednesday during Portage Public Safety's annual awards ceremony.

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

The floorboards of the Bonine House in Vandalia creaked as visitors shuffled through the historic rooms, listening to historic characters speak about their life and accomplishments in southwest Michigan nearly 200 years ago.

A Vicksburg business owner whose attempt to open a pawn shop in Kalamazoo Township was thwarted earlier this month by the township's planning commission said he is looking to locate elsewhere in the area.

The sign outside of Frankie's restaurant in Three Rivers said, "Closed for renovations open Saturday." The renovations are part of the Food Network show "Restaurant: Impossible," where celebrity chef Robert Irvine and his team travel to struggling restaurants across the country and give them facelifts in two days and on a $10,000 budget.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to roll out its second mortgage refinance program in four years to help Michiganians in rural areas.

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.

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

The Texas Township board on Tuesday tabled a decision on whether to mail a one-page press release directly to residents describing the newly-created superintendent position.

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

On Tuesday morning, according to www.gasbuddy.com , virtually all the gas stations in Kalamazoo and Portage are below $3.70 per gallon for regular, which is what the price was seven days ago.

Wanted: In Kalamazoo County for operating/maintaining a methamphetamine lab and for failing to comply with reporting duties for the Michigan Sex Offender Registry.

Frank Dorbin has been recognized in many ways through the years for his participation in World War II, but being selected as grand marshal of Monday's annual Memorial Day parade in Portage was a high honor for the Vicksburg resident.

Police pulled the vehicle over for a loud car stereo, but when the officers got near the car they smelled marijuana and noticed the driver had a loaded handgun in the waistband of his pants.

KALAMAZOO A routine traffic stop for loud music in the 1000 block of Garden St. in Kalamazoo turned into a much bigger bust early Monday morning when the suspects rolled down their window and Public Safety officers could smell the strong odor of Marijuana.

Police acting on tips from concerned citizens seized methamphetamine and psychedelic mushrooms Friday from a house in Portage , authorities said.

This year's Memorial Day weekend Holiday Hike is far less severe than it looked to be at the start of the week.

About 11,000 Consumers Energy customers in Kalamazoo, St. Joseph and Calhoun Counties are currently without power after a breaker failure in a transmission substation.

Several traffic lights at major intersections are out or have gone to flashing mode, according to a news release issued Thursday afternoon by the Portage Department of Public Safety.