Julie Mack

KALAMAZOO, MI -- About 54% of Kalamazoo Public Schools' Class of 2023 enrolled in college last fall compared to 57% for the Class of 2022, according to new data collected by the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

| SOUTH HAVEN, MI -- During the summer months, it's not unusual for Clementine's restaurant to have a two-hour wait for a table.

See how each district stacks up on four data points: Median income, child poverty, two-parent households and college graduates.

This story is part of Southwest Michigan Journalism Collaborative’s 2024 coverage of youth mental health issues.

How a Kalamazoo-area program is using horses to help children with anxiety, depression and PTSD.

The homeless shelter used to be for "old dudes who didn’t have a job and were really down and out," said Kalamazoo County's housing director. "Now they have people who work full time."

5 statistics that show how affordable it is to buy or rent housing in Michigan.

KALAMAZOO, MI — In 1950, Kalamazoo's Northside was a working-class neighborhood of factory workers and tradesman, many of them Dutch immigrants or first- or second-generation Dutch Americans.

See examples of what the average family and average individual in Kalamazoo County can afford to purchase in the area, without breaking the bank.

The median home was $135,700 in Kalamazoo County in 2014. It's much higher, today.