A POD community? Kalamazoo nonprofit has a modular plan for the homeless – just in time for winter

Kalamazoo's Housing Resources Inc. says it wants to develop “A Kzoo POD Community,” of small modular housing pods to safeguard people who have been living outdoors in harsh and often unsafe conditions to be located in a space where residents define how they want to live. 

PODCAST: How COVID-19 helped Michiganders reconnect to care

Welcome to the Michigan's State of Health podcast, where we'll be sitting down with Michigan health leaders to discuss the myriad ways that COVID has exposed our health system's flaws and resulted in positive change.

Non-traditional casting for BCSO’s ‘Guys and Dolls’ a first step in more equitable roles for actors

For actors of color, many roles are not available to them. The Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra is taking one step toward reversing that practice. 

Memory Care Learning Center in Kalamazoo hopes to be an answer for Alzheimer’s caregivers

Connecting caregivers and professionals who work with Alzheimer’s patients with those partners like the Alzheimer’s Association, Bronson Healthcare Group and other resources began last fall. That's one of the goals of the new Memory Care Learning Center at the Heritage Community in Kalamazoo.

Community celebrates couple with events as WMU Libraries acquire the archive of Small and Stewart

If you've been seeing writer and illustrator David Small's name popping up around Kalamazoo lately the events and recognition come as Western Michigan University Archives has acquired an archive of his works and that of his wife Sarah Stuart. 

Michigan agencies seek strategies to address child welfare worker shortage

Michigan's child welfare workers have served on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the state is currently facing what one industry leader described as a "critical shortage" of child welfare workers.

Spiritualism has been a part of Battle Creek’s history since the rise of the movement in the 1800s

With Halloween just around the corner, the time seemed right to look into Battle Creek's history when it comes to contacting the dearly departed. 

Calhoun Centenarian: At 100, Ernest still farms and drives his pickup truck with his dog named Tiny

Along Portage Street in Kalamazoo’s Edison Neighborhood changes are on the way

Residents can look forward to a cluster of new projects that are in the works for the Edison Neighborhood.