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1 hr ago | MLive.com

Livingston ISD superintendent David Campbell offered contract to head Kalamazoo RESA

David Campbell, current superintendent of the Livingston Regional Education Service Agency and former head of Olivet Community Schools, has been offered a contract to become the next superintendent of the Kalamazoo RESA .

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Related Topix: Kalamazoo, MI, Education Etc., Mecosta, MI, Grand Rapids, MI

5 hrs ago | MLive.com

Cobb Avenue shooting submitted to prosecutor, returned to Kalamazoo police for more investigation

Prosecutors on Thursday asked Kalamazoo Public Safety detectives to do additional investigation before they decide what criminal charges to authorize in the shooting death of a 35-year-old woman on Cobb Avenue .

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Kalamazoo, MI

8 hrs ago | MLive.com

Facebook, TV tales of Giant Hogweed threat in Michigan may be misleading

Yes, the noxious Giant Hogweed has been documented in Kalamazoo County and several other counties in Michigan, but recent reports making the rounds on Facebook and local television stations warning people to be on the lookout may be misleading.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Agriculture, Science

12 hrs ago | WXMI-TV Grand Rapids

Two Teens Arrested After Car Break-Ins

Portage Department of Public Safety officers went to the area around 3:30 a.m. and stopped a vehicle that was quickly leaving the area.

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Related Topix: Schoolcraft, MI, Portage, MI

17 hrs ago | MLive.com

Sarkozy Bakery fire: Judy Sarkozy sues insurers, claims she was misled about coverage

Judy Sarkozy has taken three Michigan insurance companies to court, claiming they misled her about how much it would cost to replace her downtown bakery that was destroyed by fire last year.

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Related Topix: Howell, MI, HUB International, Insurance, Kalamazoo, MI

Tue May 21, 2013

MLive.com

Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners vote to support complete cleanup of Allied Paper landfill

A portion of the former Allied Paper landfill just north of Cork Street along Portage Creek in Kalamazoo is shown in this 2007 photo.

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Related Topix: Kalamazoo, MI, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Law, Law

MLive.com

National Drug Court month celebrated in Kalamazoo, honoring local graduates

Kalamazoo County Expo Center and Fairgrounds, welcomes the a oeAll Rise America! On the Road for Recovery,a van which is making 26 stops as part of a 3,500-mile journey from California to New York.

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Related Topix: Kalamazoo, MI, Van Buren County, MI

MLive.com

Letter: Portage court deal a misuse of tax dollars

I was saddened to read on MLive of the recent decision by the Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners on May 7 to pay $700,000 to the City of Portage to get out of Portage's court.

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Related Topix: Portage, MI, Opinion

Mon May 20, 2013

MLive.com

Daily Recap: Moped culture continues to roll in Kalamazoo as Moped Army celebrates 15 years

Members of the moped gang The Decepticons meet at a member's house before a ride in Kalamazoo.

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Related Topix: Kalamazoo, MI

MLive.com

Sentencings in Kalamazoo County Circuit Court for May 20, 2013

Lin'Z Lamarr Bates, 35, of Interfaith Boulevard, was sentenced to 92 days in jail, two years of probation and ordered to pay state fees for third-offense domestic violence in December in Kalamazoo.

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Related Topix: Kalamazoo, MI, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Portage, MI

MLive.com

Kalamazoo man gets 3 to 10 years in prison for West Main Street crash ...

Kalamazoo man gets 3 to 10 years in prison for West Main Street crash that injured 2 women, 3 children KALAMAZOO, MI - In a writing contained in his court file, Kenneth Calhoun called a crash that he caused in January on West Main Street that injured two women and three children "an honest accident." But Kalamazoo County Circuit Judge J. Richardson ... (more)

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Related Topix: Kalamazoo, MI, Drugs

MLive.com

Jennifer Lavender, 30, for a felony probation violation

Wanted: In Kalamazoo County for a felony probation violation stemming from an original charge of uttering and publishing .

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Sun May 19, 2013

WNWN-FM Battle Creek

Kalamazoo County stabbing suspect still being sought

Kalamazoo County Deputies are looking for a suspect who stabbed a man at a home in the 67-hundred block of Colgrove Avenue in the Pavillion Estates Mobile Home Park early Saturday morning.

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Related Topix: Portage, MI

Fri May 17, 2013

MLive.com

No contest plea entered in Texas Township toxic barrels case; agreement calls for probation, no jail

Donald Haugen, 54, of Texas Township, has pleaded no contest to a felony charge in connection with hundreds of toxic barrels that were found on his property following a pole barn fire in August 2008.

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Ann Arbor.com

Ypsilanti Superintendent Dedrick Martin accepts position in St. Johns

Ypsilanti Public Schools Superintendent Dedrick Martin will be leaving the new Ypsilanti Community Schools district and consolidation effort to take a position with St.

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Related Topix: St. Johns, MI, Kalamazoo, MI, Education Etc., Ypsilanti, MI

MLive.com

Kalamazoo County drug treatment court graduates, success of program to be celebrated Tuesday

Former addicts will share their stories of redemption and recovery next week in Kalamazoo as part of a special graduation and rally for National Drug Court Month.

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Related Topix: Kalamazoo, MI, Van Buren County, MI

MLive.com

Former Michigan state representative calls congressional districting system 'a total failure'

Barbara Byrum, a former three-term Michigan State Representative and current Ingham County clerk, speaks to members of the Kalamazoo County Democratic Party on Thursday, May 16 at Theo and Stacy's Restaurant.

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Related Topix: Ingham County, MI, Portage, MI, US News

Wed May 15, 2013

MLive.com

Driver in fatal U.S. 131 Business Loop crash will face trial

A driver in a fatal crash on the U.S. 131 Business Loop in November will face trial.

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Related Topix: Richland, MI

MLive.com

Jury finds neglect by mother Jonetta Woods and boyfriend in fire that killed 3 children

Jonetta Woods and her former boyfriend were neglectful when Woods' three children were left alone and died in an apartment fire, a Kalamazoo County jury found Wednesday.

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MLive.com

Impatiens OK for Southwest Michigan, no reports of downy mildew here

A nasty flower disease is creeping into Michigan from neighboring states, leaving a trail of dead and dying impatiens in its wake.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Michigan State University, Kalamazoo, MI