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University students and faculty: Balancing AI’s usefulness and its costs

As AI reshapes higher education, Michigan students and faculty navigate its benefits and challenges, from academic integrity and career uncertainty to creativity and the technology’s environmental costs.

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Think small, go far: Save gas with this one fun trick!

As gas prices climb, Kalamazoo residents are exploring e-bikes and other micromobility options to save money, improve transportation efficiency, and rethink how they get around safely.

Nature beneath the power lines: Transforming utility corridors into public trails

In Portage, trails through Consumers Energy Co. utility corridors offer a place to encounter nature close to home, as well as a look at what sharing a landscape entails.

Connecting Chords offers a passport to global music in Kalamazoo

Connecting Chords brings an eclectic mix of global music, dance, film, and cultural traditions to Kalamazoo, continuing a 25-year mission of connecting audiences through the shared power of art.

Gene the Pumpkin Man’s legacy lives on at Evans Acres

After 67 years of growing pumpkins and creating fall memories, the late Gene “Pumpkin Man” Rhodes’ family legacy continues as Evans Acres Family Farm opens with plans to offer year-round family experiences.

Relationships with law enforcement and community organizations central to rural mental health services

For Sanilac County Community Health, tech supports help but collaborations make the difference.

Battle Creek and Takasaki — sister cities and a lasting connection

A Sister City exchange between Battle Creek and Takasaki, Japan, created a lasting friendship between two students who continue to connect across thousands of miles and cultural differences.

Invitation to a scam: A Second Wave journalist clicked the wrong link. It nearly broke the bank.

As artificial intelligence and industrial-scale scam operations grow, online fraud is becoming harder to detect. Even those of us trained to pay attention to words can be caught off guard. In this personal account, a Second Wave journalist shares how one seemingly ordinary click nearly led to disaster — and what she learned about protecting herself.

Lori Moore, RIP: Kalamazoo will miss your magnificent self.

Kalamazoo lost a beloved local icon this weekend. This tribute to the effervescent, generous, and unforgettable Lori Moore first appeared in Bonnie Jo Campbell's Substack "What's a Writer to Do?!" and is reprinted here with her permission.

Move over, kids: Gull Meadow Farms has a night for grown-ups

Gull Meadow Farms is giving adults their turn at fall fun with the return of Adult Only Night on Oct. 1, featuring classic farm attractions, hard cider, food and games for guests 18 and older.

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