EPA likely to give questions, concerns to city of Ka...
6 hrs ago | via The Kalamazoo Gazette
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reviewed a second plan to clean up the Allied Paper landfill and will likely submit questions and concerns in writing to the city of Kalamazoo next week, the manager for the landfill program said at a public meeting Thursday. Comment?
Parchment group seeking to recall school board has o...
Wednesday | via MLive.com
The Parchment Concerned Parents Committee has only a month to collect 752 signatures in their effort to recall Parchment school trustees Deb Coates and Joel Shaffer over the controversy involving John Thompson, a Parchment School District administrator charged with drunken driving and fleeing police. Comment?
Lamar Coleman sentenced to more than 4 years in pris...
Wednesday | via The Kalamazoo Gazette
A Kalamazoo man accused of shooting another in the head was sentenced Tuesday to more than four years in prison on related charges. Comment?
Class of 2012: Stephen John, son of missionaries, ha...
Wednesday | via The Kalamazoo Gazette
Editor's note: This is part of a series of profiles of students graduating from Kalamazoo-area high schools this spring. Comment?
Oil prices as well as Southwest Michigan gas prices ...
Wednesday | via MLive.com
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. Comment?
Henderson Castle proprietor looking for community su...
Tuesday May 29 | via The Kalamazoo Gazette
The proprietor of Henderson Castle is looking for community support as he tries to get approval from city officials for a liquor license transfer . Comment?
Father of man who killed Kalamazoo police officer Er...
Tuesday May 29 | via The Kalamazoo Gazette
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. Comment?
Memorial Day parade in Portage a 'celebrated tradition'
Monday May 28 | via The Kalamazoo Gazette
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. Comment?
Garrett Lee Stephens, 43, for operating a meth lab, ...
Monday May 28 | via MLive.com
Wanted: In Kalamazoo County for operating/maintaining a methamphetamine lab and for failing to comply with reporting duties for the Michigan Sex Offender Registry. Comment?
Loud Car Stereo Leads to Firearm and Drug Arrest
Monday May 28 | via WXMI-TV Grand Rapids
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. Comment?
Stolen handgun, marijuana seized in Kalamazoo after ...
Monday May 28 | via The Kalamazoo Gazette
A handgun reported stolen in Portage and a "large amount of marijuana" were recovered early Monday after a traffic stop in Kalamazoo's Edison neighborhood that was prompted by a loud car stereo, police said. Comment?
Crime reports from Kalamazoo Public Safety for May 2...
Sunday May 27 | via The Kalamazoo Gazette
Next story World War II veterans from Kalamazoo area honor their brothers in arms, have a bottle of whiskey ready for 'The Last Man Standing' Comment?
Eugene Marr, wanted for 16 felonies in Kalamazoo, ar...
Friday May 25 | via The Kalamazoo Gazette
Police say Eugene Marr was taken into custody after struggling with officers in Racine. Comment?
Kalamazoo psychiatric hospital employee charged with...
Friday May 25 | via The Kalamazoo Gazette
Dannie Helgeson, 53, pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal sexual conduct, Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeff Fink said. Comment?
Man accused of battering officers captured
Friday May 25 | via WAOW
A fugitive from Michigan who vowed he would do anything in his power to avoid capture has been arrested in southern Wisconsin. Comment?
Police seeking a man who shot a vehicle in Comstock
Thursday May 24 | via The Kalamazoo Gazette
Kalamazoo police are seeking a man who shot at a vehicle in Comstock Township Wednesday night. Comment?
Judge calls attack by Kalamazoo man on his wife...
Thursday May 24 | via MLive.com
In the days after her husband punched and kicked her so hard that she was left with a fractured skull and placed in an induced coma, Rhonda Todd told Kalamazoo Public Safety detectives that she had endured similar beatings at least 50 other times during the couple's 10-year marriage. Comment?
Marijuana, pills found in search of Paw Paw woman's home, police say
Thursday May 24 | via MLive.com
A 53-year-old Paw Paw woman was arrested Wednesday afternoon after the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Unit found her selling medical marijuana and prescription drugs from her home at 215 N Dyckman St., according to a news release from the Van Buren County Sherifff's Office. 1 comment
15 Kalamazoo residents evacuated after 'suspicious' ...
Tuesday May 15 | via MLive.com
Approximately 15 people living in the Alco Apartment Building, 1338 Portage Road, had to be evacuated from their apartments after a 1 a.m. dumpster fire progressed into the building itself and flames were beginning to extend to the second floor, according to a news release from Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety. Comment?
Murder suspect charged with 2005 rape
Jul 21, 2011 | via WOODTV.com
KALAMAZOO, Mich. - A man accused of raping and murdering a Muskegon woman in the fall of 2011 is now headed to trial on another rape charge from years before the homicide. Comment?