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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.

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Password to Louvre’s video surveillance system was 'Louvre', according to employee According to an employee with knowledge of the system, the password to the Louvre's video surveillance system was simply "Louvre" at the time of the robbery last month.

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 may lose $30M for emergency response and terrorism prevention, prompting lawsuit “The White House continues again and again to pull the rug out from under us, putting the safety of our communities in jeopardy,” said Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel in a press release.

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...

The S.H.E. Shed: Free store helps WMU students furnish dorms with donated items Started by a graduate student who noticed dumpsters filled with perfectly good items during move-out, the S.H.E. Shed is creating a sustainable solution to a common college problem.

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.
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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.

My favorite line from the trailer: “doesn’t a byline go at the end of the article… like bye👋👋”

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 describe ‘smelly, disgusting’ conditions inside train stranded for hours A University of Michigan student aboard the train described overflowing bathrooms and high temperatures inside as passengers waited for a solution.

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.
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Join the Registry | NMDP (Formerly Be The Match) Join the registry to donate bone marrow, peripheral blood stem cells or cord blood & help save a life. NMDP maintains the most diverse registry in the world.

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...

Father of man killed in Kalamazoo tries to jump court barrier at murder charge hearing The man charged with murder is now headed to trial.

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.