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City of Kalamazoo wraps up Kalamazoo Avenue construction for 2026
Around St. Patrick’s Day 2027, depending on the weather, constuction will resume eastward. Construction on the Douglas Avenue and West Main Street intersection, West Main at Michikal Street, and Michikal to Kalamazoo Avenue area also planned.
Riding the ‘Silver Tsunami’: Women shedding corporate careers for entrepreneurship
Baby boomers are retiring, leaving a “silver tsunami” of businesses that will close, be passed down, be sold to another local owner or be acquired by larger companies.
Local record store offers a place to discover new music beyond digital platforms
Over the years, Satellite Records has continued to grow in size, inventory, popularity, and customer base, a success they attribute to the community.
How the State of Michigan and Michigan Works! plan to assist Medicaid families affected by new work requirements
Michigan budgeted $168.6 million in grants to state agencies and organizations to help residents navigate Medicaid changes.
It was a bad Election Day for MAHA, and Zen Honeycutt wasn’t the least bit surprised.
Zen Honeycutt, a leader within the Make America Healthy Again movement, was prepared for Tuesday’s outcome and is open to working with Democrats on policy priorities.
New service, OnCall Content, gives a professional touch to quick turnaround video projects
OnCall Content is an hourly video, photo, drone, and editing service from Overneath, a Kalamazoo commercial video production company.
Here is the right tool, and this is how you use it. How Community Homeworks empowers Kalamazoo residents
Through free educational workshops and a growing Tool Library, the Kalamazoo nonprofit makes regular home maintenance accessible.
One-woman show on school shootings raises broader questions of gun violence
“1225 Shelby Road,” doesn’t give easy, or any, answers to the question, “why?” It does provoke thought and discussion.
A downtown of ‘doers’: The women who revitalized Vicksburg
The wave of female entrepreneurs comes amid a downtown revitalization plan in the village of 3,973 people in southern Kalamazoo County.
How Abdul El-Sayed, Jocelyn Benson won Michigan: Big turnout, Democratic shifts
El-Sayed and Benson both benefited from relatively high turnout across the state, particularly among Democratic voters.
A roundup of election results from across the region
The political landscape of the United States underwent an upheaval on election day, Nov. 3, 2026. Here are a few places where you can learn more about the races you care most about.
Serenity House closes, but pilot helps five families find permanent homes
Kalamazoo Housing Advocates’ Serenity House helped five families secure permanent housing before closing due to unresolved safety issues and an unresponsive property owner, prompting plans for a new transitional housing program.
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Riding the ‘Silver Tsunami’: Women shedding corporate careers for entrepreneurship
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Local record store offers a place to discover new music beyond digital platforms
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