There will be no increase in tuition or room and board for Western Michigan University students in the academic year that begins this fall. The WMU Board of Trustees have frozen rates at the current year's levels.
Kalamazoo ingenuity is shining these days. Case in point: a local effort to local effort to produce protective intubation boxes has far-reaching potential.
The easing of some stay at home restrictions for some businesses came just in time for Plumeria Botanical Boutique in Battle Creek.
Officials report inmate count is down by about 50% at Kalamazoo County Jail as the cases of nonviolent, misdemeanor, and low-risk criminal suspects are reviewed to see who must be in jail and whose incarceration can wait for social distancing to ease.
A professional tells us good communication needs to start long before a crisis hits and continue long after.
Restaurateur Peecoon Allen of Battle Creek encourages us to be our own temples where good things live inside our hearts, in today's blog.
Demonstrations of new physical activities are just one way the Rec-Connect program aims to inspire more physical activity as part of healthy living in the community in a culturally-appropriate way.
Childcare is among the many things that have been largely shut down as COVID-19 spread across the country. Childcare providers from Battle Creek talk about how they have kept in touch with parents and youngsters and what they hope for the future when the economy is reset.
Staff and cadets at the Michigan Youth Challenge Academy (MYCA) in Battle Creek have mobilized to produce fabric face masks to fight the spread of COVID-19 in the local community and fulfill one of the program’s eight core component requirements, service to community.
Two COVID-19 testing sites open Thursday, April 23.
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