Kalamazoo, MI Local - News Break

03/05/2022

GRCC baseball team sweeps Kalamazoo Valley to push win streak to 10 games

May 2, 2022, GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Ryan Dykstra's walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh wrapped up a perfect series for the Grand Rapids Community College baseball team against Kalamazoo Valley Community College on Monday. Earlier in the day, the men's golf team earned a four-stroke victory....

03/05/2022

45 Michigan animal shelters are offering $25 adoption fees

BISSELL Pet Foundation is once again aiming to empty shelters across the country by sponsoring reduced adoption fees in over 275 shelters across the U.S. and Canada.

03/05/2022

No. 5 Mendon beats up Bloomingdale, scores 41 runs

The Mendon softball team recently reached No. 5 in the Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association poll. On Monday, the Lady Hornets went out and played like their ranking, beating Bloomingdale 18-0 and 23-1 in a pair of SouthWest10 games. Lauren Schabes struck out 12 hitters in the first game...

03/05/2022

Westbound I-94 closes after crash in Kalamazoo County

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI – Westbound I-94 is closed after a crash Monday afternoon. All westbound...

03/05/2022

Vote for the Kalamazoo-area spring sports Athlete of the Week for April 25-30

KALAMAZOO, MI – Another week of unseasonably cold weather closed out the month of April and created less-than-ideal conditions for spring sports around the Kalamazoo area. Thankfully, the forecast is finally stringing together some 60-degree days, which should set the stage for an exciting final m...

03/05/2022

People Fund Awards Grants To Local Groups

UNTITLED (WHTC-AM/FM, May 2, 2022) – In its first round of grants for 2022, Great Lakes Energy’s People Fund has awarded more than $144,000 to 61 local nonprofit organizations across the cooperative’s 26-county service area, which stretches from Kalamazoo to the Mackinac Straits. Last year the...

02/05/2022

Finally an extended forecast that goes warm for Michigan

There will be a temperature pattern change across the Great Lakes. While the pattern change is evolving over the next week, here’s when the more permanent warm-up locks in. We had a few weeks of extended forecasts showing Michigan in the blue of cooler-than-normal temperatures. Now here is...

02/05/2022

Activists target Michigan company facing racial harassment allegations

LANSING, Mich. – An activist group is targeting a Michigan company that’s already facing a federal lawsuit containing allegations of racial harassment on the job. PREVIOUS: Former employees of United Electrical Contractors allege ‘rampant racism’ in lawsuit. The National Action Network voice...

02/05/2022

Five things to do on Mackinac Island in Michigan

The time I got on a ferry and felt like I traveled to a different time. There are no cars or chain hotels here. But you will love it!

02/05/2022

Liberty Amusement Park, Battle Creek: 1864-1932

02/05/2022

WATCH: Car crashes into Kalamazoo Bike Shop

Over the weekend, a car wreck on South Westnedge Ave. resulted in a Kalamazoo Bike Shop being damaged, and it's not the first time accidents have happened in front of the shop. The latest crash happened Saturday afternoon in front the bike shop Kzoo Swift. In the...

02/05/2022

The History of Kalamazoo College’s Day of Gracious Living

If you're newer to the Kalamazoo area, you may not know about the long-standing tradition called the Day of Gracious Living. By the name alone, it sounds like a day where, no matter where you go, you're expected to act graciously. Instead, it's a day where students of Kalamazoo College get...

02/05/2022

Woman beats odds, walks again after multiple spine surgeries

A local woman from Dearborn Heights who never stopped believing in herself even when doctors gave up on her has a message.

02/05/2022

Chelsea Golfers Sixth at Gull Lake Invite

The Chelsea golf team continued its strong play with a sixth-place finish out of 21 teams at Gull Lake’s Tom Collins Memorial Thursday. The Bulldogs tied for sixth with Stevensville-Lakeshore with a team score of 346. Portage Central won the title with a blistering score of 318. Jace...

01/05/2022

Pro Football Focus grades Detroit Lions 2022 NFL Draft class

The 2022 NFL Draft is now behind us and our Detroit Lions ended up with a total of eight picks over seven rounds, including two picks in the top 12 after trading up. 6 (9) Malcolm Rodriguez – Oklahoma State – ILB. 6 (39) James Houston IV...

01/05/2022

Bring home a new furry friend with BISSELL's Empty the Shelters event

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — Animal shelters across the country are at capacity and there’s a critical need for adopters to provide loving forever homes to our furry friends. BISSELL Pet Foundation’s big national adoption event, Empty the Shelters, is back. From May 2-15, BISSELL will sponsor...

01/05/2022

Sleep On Lake Michigan in One of These Many Chalets on the Water

There are so many amazing places to stay on Lake Michigan but if you're looking for a specific spot where you can stay with a group of people and not have to sleep under the same roof, I think I've got it for you. Chalet on the Lake in...

01/05/2022

Women's Lacrosse Earns Win, Two Individual Milestones at Kalamazoo

Amid a milestone-filled afternoon, the Hope College women's lacrosse team also accomplished its priority team objective. The Flying Dutch won at Kalamazoo College, 17-11, in the regular-season finale on Saturday and continued their momentum heading into next week's MIAA Tournament. Hope will take a....

01/05/2022

Grand Rapids pharmaceutical supplier inks deal with feds

A Grand Rapids manufacturing organization that helped create a COVID-19 vaccine has received funding to expand its facilities.

01/05/2022

Michigan softball team honors memory of fallen teammate with 3rd ‘Sophie Strong’ game

PORTAGE, MI – Portage Central’s 2022 softball season was supposed to be an unforgettable one for Sophie Varney. A member of the Mustangs’ class of 2022, Varney would have been the team’s lone senior and the person responsible for leading the huddles, chanting from the dugout and using her bu...

01/05/2022

Would You Pay $1.7 Million for an Unfinished Michigan Mansion? Take a Look

Beauty really needs to be in the eye of the beholder with this one. The listing reads like something out of architectural digest when it describes the mansion on the market for $1.7 million until it gets to one small detail. The home is completely unfinished. The listing popped...

01/05/2022

Patrick Lyoya's pastor: 'He was ready to change his life ... he had a future'

Pastor Banza Mukalay remembers the first day he met Patrick Lyoya.

30/04/2022

Kalamazoo Astronomical Society public observing sessions beginning in May

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The Kalamazoo Astronomical Society invites the public to observe the wonders of the universe at its Owl Observatory. The Owl Observatory now features a 16-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope....

30/04/2022

Cooper Elementary students sending comfort to kids in Ukraine

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Students at Plainwell Community Schools' Cooper Elementary have made it their mission to help bring comfort and hope to children on the other side of the globe. Calling the effort "Project Ukraine," students from Christine Beach's 4th grade class led the charge to collect well.....

30/04/2022

Top 5 Most Popular Burger Restaurants in Grand Rapids, Michigan

This list is based on prior customer reviews. On Lake Michigan Drive, Peter and Maria Christopoulos launched their first Mr. Burger restaurant in 1967. Mr. Burger has grown from a neighborhood adolescent hangout to a profitable family-oriented restaurant since then. It has expanded its menu from hot...

30/04/2022

Single Dad Saves Dog Found on Road With Face Full of Porcupine Quills

Brian Hamilton saw Koa while he was driving home, and knew he had to help the...

30/04/2022

Michigan basketball gets commitment from transfer guard

All eyes had been on Texas Tech guard Terrance Shannon, who is in the NCAA transfer portal, but Michigan basketball had eyes on another. Princeton guard Jaelin Llewellyn was an All-Ivy first-team player who averaged 15.7 points per game in his junior season before entering the NCAA transfer portal.....

30/04/2022

Watch the sweet moment when this 2-year-old boy sees his mom as a bride

When Kristie Mihelich was planning her dream wedding, she never could have imagined that her son would end up being the star of the event. Mihelich, 40, and her husband, Bobby, tied the knot in West Bloomfield, Michigan on April 22 after delaying their nuptials because of the coronavirus pandemic. T...

30/04/2022

Reporter Charlie LeDuff returns to The Detroit News as regular columnist

Reporter Charlie LeDuff is heading back to The Detroit News, according to an email sent to the paper's paid subscribers ahead of a wider public announcement planned for Sunday. LeDuff previously wrote for The Detroit News from 2007-2010, following a stint at The New York Times, where he won...

30/04/2022

Cold, flu, stomach bugs swarming West Michigan schools

Many West Michigan students are calling out of school and a lot of their parents are calling doctor's offices, but the source of the sick days is not COVID-19, Dr. Megan Sikkema of Bronson Hospital explained.