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A Festival All About Carnival Food Is Coming To Michigan This Fall
There's an entire event centered around carnival food that's gonna be posted up in Battle Creek this fall, and it's a thing I didn't realize I needed until now. Carnival Food Fest will be taking place at Kellogg Arena, just in time to get our winter bod on. They recently...
Poor roads cost Kalamazoo, Battle Creek drivers $1,872 annually, study finds
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Lackluster road conditions in the state of Michigan are costing drivers a total of $17 billion. This costs drivers in the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek area roughly $1,872 annually, according to TRIP, a national transportation research nonprofit group. Drivers lose this money in the form of extra vehicle...
Michigan Man Continues Favorite Radio Station Tradition After Birth of New Son
The best thing you can do as a radio station is to make an impact in your community and make a difference in their lives. After all, radio is a public service and personally, I got into this industry to entertain and help people in every way I could. 1077 RKR, which is licensed in Portage, Battle Creek, and Kalamazoo, has been around for now more than 35 years and has a long-standing history with the people in this community.
After 80 years, remains of WWII hero identified, laid to rest at Fort Custer Cemetery
AUGUSTA, Mich. — A West Michigan World War II veteran was laid to rest in Augusta Wednesday. Staff Sergeant Edward K. Pyle received a Purple Heart for wounds received in action that resulted in his death on Dec. 1, 1943 in Burma. Battle Creek: West Michigan World War II...
Abandoned Putter’s Family Fun Center: Portage, Michigan 2017
It was called Putter's Family Fun Center in the Michigan town of Portage, Kalamazoo County. Located at 7206 S. Westnedge Avenue, Putter's Family Fun Center opened approximately around 1999, closed in 2015, and was demolished afterward. Looking at old photos, it seemed to be doing good business, with apparently clean...
Kalamazoo County to build more affordable housing in Schoolcraft amid national crisis
SCHOOLCRAFT, Mich. — About 10 new, low-income modular homes will soon be built in Schoolcraft's Sugar Loaf Mobile Home park, thanks to money from Kalamazoo County's housing millage. As the nationwide housing crisis affects West Michigan strongly, Kalamazoo County is making more efforts to house people who need a...
Climax Township asks voters to renew its fire department millage
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI -- Voters in Climax Township will be asked to renew a tax to support the local fire department, which was previously approved by voters in 2014. The 10-year millage renewal request will be on the Tuesday, Aug. 6 election. The question on ballot is as follows:. “Shall...
MSP: Barry County undersheriff cleared in Hastings investigation, won't return as coach
HASTINGS, Mich. — An investigation into parental concerns regarding Barry County Undersheriff and former Hastings Public Schools baseball coach Jason Sixberry has ended. In an update Monday, Michigan State Police confirmed to News Channel 3 that Sixberry did not engage in any criminal behavior with his players, and the case will not be forwarded to the Barry County Prosecutor's Office.
MDOT announces grant for road work supporting BlueOval Battery Park
MARSHALL — Some Calhoun County roads tied to Ford Motor Co.'s BlueOval Battery Park are getting a $17 million boost from the state. The Michigan Department of Transportation announced Wednesday it has awarded a state Transportation Economic Development Fund grant to the Calhoun County Road Department for road improvements related to the...
Voters asked to renew tax for Ross-Augusta Fire Department, possible vehicle purchases
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI -- Voters will weigh in on continuing a tax to fund firefighting services in Kalamazoo County’s Ross Township. The Ross-Augusta Fire Department is encouraging residents to vote in the upcoming Tuesday, Aug. 6, election, to support a renewal of the its operating millage that expires Dec. 31.
Kalamazoo County pilots ‘trailblazing’ plan to build modular homes
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI -- Kalamazoo County officials are working on a plan to build 10 new modular homes and select families to live in them. The pilot program is a unique new way to quickly add needed housing to Kalamazoo County, said Kalamazoo County Public Housing Commission member Gwendolyn Hooker, one of the organizers.
Kalamazoo County voters to decide whether to renew senior millage for 6 years
KALAMAZOO, MI -- Kalamazoo County voters will weigh in on whether to keep paying a tax to support seniors during the Tuesday, Aug. 6 election. Voters first approved the senior millage in 2018, establishing support for seniors to fund things like in-home meals, cleaning and hygiene services, healthy living programs, elder abuse prevention and improvements to make homes more accessible, officials said at the time.
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