Julie Dunmire

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A stretch of hot days is beginning in Kalamazoo and across West Michigan, and there are free options to help neighbors cool off.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A Kalamazoo woman is charged in connection with a hit-and-run that killed a father of three on Gull Road in April, according to court records and the prosecutor's office.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Pratt Justice Center in Kalamazoo lost its air conditioning Wednesday amid a heat wave, forcing some court business to stop and sending some people who made special trips to the building away empty-handed.

Schoolcraft's annual Fourth of July parade is back on Main Street this year after being canceled in 2025 due to a shortage of police officers.

A falling tree limb on Cromwell Street damaged a wooden fence and landed in a swimming pool as storms knocked out power to more than 130,000 Consumers Energy customers.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A man accused in multiple assaults in Kalamazoo is in custody.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A Kalamazoo-area education employee is charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree.

OSHTEMO TWP., Mich. — The family of Marissa Mion wants the world to know her not as a victim, but as a fighter and a loving mother who put her children above everything else.

PORTAGE, Mich. — PFAS, or "forever chemicals," were discovered in the ground at Amberly Elementary School in Portage Public Schools during ongoing construction of a new building, according to the district.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Kalamazoo Township fire marshal says they suspect arson took out two Port-o-Potty restrooms and damaged a scoreboard at Westwood Little League on July 8.