On Monday, the Grand River was blessed by the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians Water Protectors before crews start work in restoring the rapids. Check out the full story from Duncan MacLean www.woodtv.com/news/grand-r...

The US Senate democratic primary debate on Mackinac Island is underway. Stay with @bridgemi.com for coverage

Train crossing in downtown Kalamazoo can interrupt driving commutes for over 30 minutes. The city is considering a grant to study how to address the crossings and potentially reroute some trains. My latest on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTkcDSjTX/

Wildwood off Main was condemned this week by building officials over the safety of stairs and deck. A housing attorney told me Friday that in general, there are few options for renters, like getting out of the leases. www.woodtv.com/news/kalamaz...

Union City will install a new tornado siren after a deadly EF3 tornado.

Tonight in Oshtemo Township, representatives from EGLE and U of M are giving a presentation on batter energy storage. A company approached the township in 2024 interested in building a 260 MW energy storage facility.

A former middle school teacher has been arrested for allegedly using an artificial intelligence application to manipulate images of female students into nude photographs. www.mlive.com/news/kalamaz...

A power outage prompted WMU to close this morning. Crews are still trying to determine the cause. www.mlive.com/news/kalamaz...

There's been a lot of buzz about why there was no tornado watch issued ahead of the March 6 tornadoes in Michigan. I talked with the National Weather Service meteorologist issuing the tornado warnings for the storm to find out why: www.mlive.com/news/kalamaz...

Kalamazoo protesters filled City sidewalks Thursday night as demonstrations dot West Michigan in the aftermath of fatal shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

"Maybe you can get to the bottom of it" Thanks for trusting me to tell the stories of the community. #news #michigan #journalism #FOIA #kalamazoo

Weekend snow is leading to snow days for several districts around Kalamazoo: Comstock Public Schools Kalamazoo Public Schools Portage Public Schools Parchment School District

Last night’s snow has Kalamazoo looking like a Christmas postcard.

“Did you all hear about the medicine in glasses video?” …. My family thinks I’m dumb now

Winter is coming in with a quickness❄️

Come check out Handmade by Angie and other vendors at Kallamatopia craft show at the downtown mall tonight 5-8 pm #arts #crafts #ornaments #art #painting #photography #kalamazoo #michigan #creativity

All’s Fair is pretty good when you watch it as a comically self aware dumpster fire

The public hearing for a controversial rezoning request right next to the Asylum Lake Preserve in Kalamazoo is happening right now at City Hall. www.woodtv.com/news/kalamaz...

The password to the Louvre’s video surveillance system was “Louvre,” according to a museum employee

There’s a petition in Michigan to add an addition tax for individuals making over $1 million to increase school funding. Petition documents: www.michigan.gov/sos/-/media/...

Michigan is joining 12 states to sue over “unlawful terms” in federal grants from FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security. www.mlive.com/news/2025/11...

Stopped by the S.H.E Shed at WMU last week. It’s a free store where students can shop for second hand items like school supplies, decor and kitchen supplies to furnish their dorms and apartments. www.mlive.com/news/kalamaz...

I asked Hot n Now how much the burgers are going to be, but it sounds like we'll all have to wait until it opens Monday. Not expecting 39c though, like it was "back in the day." I'll be at the Grand Opening Monday in Wayland. #food #michigan #burgers #fastfood #menu #preview #wayland

I-94 now open after an 8-vehicle crash scene was just "cleared," MDOT said. UPDATE (2:16 p.m.) #news #traffic #I94 #kalamazoo #michigan #portage #highway #breaking #news #breakingnews #interstate #crash #police #live News: www.mlive.com/news/kalamaz...

Breaking news: Thirty-one journalists were killed in Israeli airstrikes on a newspaper complex in Yemen last week, according to a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists. They say it was “the deadliest strike on journalists in the Middle East.”

A viral video has resulted in the firing of an employee at the Portage Office Depot location. In the video, a worker can be heard calling the flyers for a Friday night vigil for controversial right wing activist Charlie Kirk “propaganda.” www.woodtv.com/news/grand-r...

Huge columns going up for the new Kalamazoo arena recently: #news #construction #kzoo #kalamazoo #arena #downtown #citylife #wmu #livemusic #events #michigan @kalamazoocity.bsky.social

Maybe infinite content was a bad idea.

Ongoing construction at Western Michigan University. A green space and pedestrian pathway were built after the Bernhard Center was torn down.

Here’s a list of other invasive species in Michigan to watch out for: www.michigan.gov/invasives/id...

Passengers weren’t permitted to leave the train for hours as bathrooms overflowed and temperatures inside the cabins rose, said Tayeful Islam, a 21-year-old student at U of M Dearborn. www.mlive.com/news/2025/08...

Out of work this week (and missed the campaign finance deadline) because I’ve been in DC donating bone marrow to a child with leukemia. If you can, please consider joining a stem cell donor registry. You could literally, directly save someone’s life: www.nmdp.org/get-involved...

Court was paused this afternoon after the father of a man shot and killed lunged toward the alleged shooter. He was tackled by deputies. The man charged with murder in the shooting that occurred April 12, at Green Door Distilling Co., heads to trial. www.mlive.com/news/2025/05...

Kazoo 48: What happens when three film grads and a graphic designer make a short film? I guess we’ll see.

So much punching down today. The highest tariffs imposed today were on Lesotho, a tiny mountainous African country whose primary wage industry is making clothes for Levi, Gap, Walmart and other brands. I’ve spent a lot of time in those factories, and let me tell you…

Some of what the public can no longer see: - How much a candidate or PAC raised/spent during a filing period. - The clients of any lobbyist (MDOS said fix is coming for this) - Bulk downloads of campaign finance and lobbying data - Links to any specific filing or registration

Historic graves, farmland damaged as storm ravages Southwest Michigan village 📷Aya Miller @ayathetigerrr.bsky.social #weather #storm #damage #michigan

I think we all want flip phones deep down

“Gaza is my life.” Shaaban said he plans to return to Gaza after his son finishes school because it’s his home and he lived there for thirty years before the war.

There’s a packed house at WMU listening to WMU alumni AbdelAziz Abu Shaaban share how he escaped from Gaza after his daughter was killed in an Israeli air strike. She wished to go to a university herself, he said. The event is being hosted by Kalamazoo Nonviolent Opponents of War.

A 4-year-old boy died from Ebola in Uganda on Monday, according to a State Department cable viewed by The New York Times. His death comes as the Trump administration has canceled at least four of the five contracts with organizations that helped manage the outbreak in the country.

One woman told me she’s worried that benefits that help her son who has Down syndrome could get cut. That concern was heightened when Elon Musk shared a meme calling people who use federal programs part of the “parasite class”. www.woodtv.com/news/kalamaz...

At my childhood home in Maryland there are remnants of a slave cabin in the neighborhood. The bodies of enslaved men, women and children are buried in the neighborhood we moved to later. The legacy of slavery is unavoidable in Maryland and this idea should be celebrated. It’s long overdue.

Two historic coney islands, located on the same block in Jackson, have new owners. I think I’m coney’d out for the week ✌️ www.mlive.com/news/jackson...

Will need to expand my bead storage capacity to prepare for the Joann liquidation sale

Real ones remember the Joann employee arc (two jobs as a full time student was not conducive to great mental health)