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Kalamazoo Blues Festival marks 30th year of "Blues in the Zoo"
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Kalamazoo Blues Festival celebrated its 30th anniversary Saturday. Six bands performed the blues at the Arcadia Creek Festival site, which was the location of the first Kalamazoo Blues Fest 30 years ago. According to organizers, the festival had something for everyone, even if they didn't...
2 Kalamazoo Republicans square off in state House District 41 primary
KALAMAZOO, MI — A pair of Republicans are seeking to unseat Democratic incumbent Julie Rogers in Michigan’s 41st House district. Republicans Terry Haines and Nicole Sabel will face off in the Tuesday, Aug. 6 primary for the right to challenge Rogers in the Nov. 5 general election. Rogers is running for her third term.
Popular Breakfast Joint in Downtown Kalamazoo, MI Announces Sudden Closure
After only a year in business this popular breakfast spot in downtown Kalamazoo announced it's sudden and abrupt closure with only 4 days advanced notice. We're still trying to wrap our brains around this one after WWMT News Channel 3 first reported the news; it seems good things never last anymore.
Microsurfacing set to take place on several Coldwater streets
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Weather permitting, the City of Coldwater will be microsurfacing several streets during the upcoming week. Microsurfacing is a road maintenance tool that corrects or prevents certain deficiencies in pavement conditions. Microsurfacing is used primarily to extend pavement life by sealing any cracks in the surface.
Coldwater's Penny Geishert honored as first woman president of Michigan's Elks
COLDWATER — At the end of June, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks national convention in Austin, Texas, recognized Coldwater's Penny Geishert as Michigan's first woman state president. A cancer survivor, Geishart ended her one-year term at the end of May. ...
Straight from the basement: ChampsDen Boxing Club makes champions in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI – It all started with a single punching bag beneath the surface. Over three years ago, Jadschi Green’s grand vision took shape when he took a swing as a boxing mentor and hard-nosed instructor –– slowly transforming the basement of his own Kalamazoo home into a training facility.
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...
Kalamazoo College bringing back Track and Field program
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Kalamazoo College's track and field program is making a comeback. For the first time since the early 1980's, track and field will be offered to student athletes. Sports: Former Hackett Catholic star ready for Olympic Decathlon debut. Men and women will compete in the Michigan Intercollegiate...
'He was the best kid ever': Lawton boy's memory lives on with 'SuperHero Robbie Oxley Foundation'
LAWTON, Mich — Six-year-old Robbie Oxley loved superheroes. "Loved Ironman, love the Incredible Hulk, you name it," his mother Nancie Oxley recalled. "Captain America...was his favorite." In September 2020, Robbie was rushed to a hospital after a freak accident. "[We kept] kept him stable enough that he was able...
Ox Creek: Flowing toward economic revival and Environmental Justice
On the brink of a summit dedicated to the communitywide revival of Ox Creek in Southwest Michigan’s Berrien County, work and investments keep rolling. Efforts have come far since the 1980s, when now-Benton Harbor Interim City Manager Alex Little recalls the city buying the railway along the creek with a vision for a future nonmotorized trail.
Jimmy Buffett Tribute Party in Elkhart
ELKHART, Ind. (WSBT) — A big crowd grabbed their island gear and headed to Hotel Elkhart where tonight it was transformed into Margaritaville. The hotel's rooftop bar was converted into an island paradise for a tribute party for Jimmy Buffett. There was entertainment, food, drinks, and a costume contest...
Just keep paddling: Cardboard boats race at Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival
GRAND HAVEN, MI – Hundreds of people gathered for the cardboard boat race at the Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival on Saturday, July 27, at the Lynne Sherwood Waterfront Stadium. With 11 boats in attendance, racers were asked to paddle to the buoy and back in their handmade water...
Seven years later, Muskegon stone carver finishes the front of his own headstone
The owner of Muskegon Monument and Stone has seen, sketched and stenciled it all by hand, recently finishing the front side of his own headstone, a work which he started seven years ago.
2024 Wings Over Muskegon Adds Performers to Lineup
Wings Over Muskegon takes off on August 9-11 along with three new additions to the lineup. Debuting their comedy act at the Muskegon County Airport is Franklin’s Flying Circus featuring husband and wife team, Kyle and Liz Franklin. Son of legendary air show pilot, Jimmy Franklin, Kyle started flying at 8-years-old. A versatile performer who lists wing-walking and a motorcycle-to-airplane transfer act among his air show repertoire; Franklin has done it all to entertain air show spectators. In Muskegon, spectators will be amazed and awed by Kyle’s superb piloting skills as he creates the illusion of a non-pilot jumping into a Piper Super Cub and taking it for a crazy flight. YouTube videos of this act are widely circulated and many viewers think it’s real. While the flying is absolutely real, the routine exemplifies the command of the aircraft that Kyle demonstrates in every performance.
Teen seriously injured in motorcycle crash
OTTAWA COUNTY, MI – A 19-year-old Holland man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash Friday night. The crash happened just before 8 p.m. Friday, July 26, on Leonard Street near 112th Avenue about 6 miles west of Coopersville, according to the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies say...
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