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Ceremony at Fort Custer among Memorial Day weekend events

The Fort Custer National Cemetery in Augusta will mark Memorial Day with its annual ceremony on Sunday. It begins at 2:00.

  • Ceremony at Fort Custer among Memorial Day weekend events

    The Fort Custer National Cemetery in Augusta will mark Memorial Day with its annual ceremony on Sunday. It begins at 2:00.

  • What does home feel like? Kalamazoo artist puts it on canvas

    “As an adult, that feeling that I had as a child has escaped me. That comfort and the security and safety of home," says Kalamazoo artist Bonnie Pfingst.

  • Report finds inflation, retirement costs eating up increases in education funding

    A new report by the Citizens Research Council of Michigan finds that increases to K-12 spending in the state hasn't resulted in additional dollars in the

  • Electric cello and dancing pears: Listen to The Moxie Strings

    About a year ago, the regional band called String Cheese changed their name to avoid confusion with another ensemble called The String Cheese Incident. The

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American Routes is a weekly two-hour public radio program produced in New Orleans by Nick Spitzer. Heard on WMUK-2 - coming to WMUK-1.
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Electric cello and dancing pears: Listen to The Moxie Strings
About a year ago, the regional band called String Cheese changed their name to avoid confusion with another ensemble called The String Cheese Incident
What does home feel like? Kalamazoo artist puts it on canvas
“As an adult, that feeling that I had as a child has escaped me. That comfort and the security and safety of home," says Kalamazoo artist Bonnie
Learn to make simple sushi at Krasl Art Center
Krasl Art Center in Saint Joseph presents a workshop on making sushi on Saturday, May 25. Foodie Mark Toncray of Coloma will teach the class. He
A memoir about murder, surfing, and that complex relationship we have with our parents
Author and Western Michigan University alum Kelly Daniels will read from his memoir Cloudbreak California on Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. at Michigan
'Neither snow nor rain': Museum shows what it took to get your mail
Wanted: Young skinny wiry fellows. Not over eighteen. Must be expert riders. Willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred. Wages were $25 per week.

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  • A Lost And Found 'Wonder': Pearl S. Buck's Final Novel
    Pearl S. Buck emerged into literary stardom in 1931 when she published a book called The Good Earth. That story of family life in a Chinese village...
  • Two Songs That Led Keith Carradine From Screen To Broadway
    The Broadway musical Hands on a Hardbody wasn't your typical Broadway musical; it was about a group of Texans trying to win a new truck at a local...
  • A Literary Tale of Chechnya, The Horror and Whimsy
    In his debut novel, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, Anthony Marra transports readers to Chechnya, a war-torn Russian republic that has long...
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    In the classic American story, opportunity is always in front of you. You finish school, find a job, buy a home and start a family; it's a rosy...
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Report finds inflation, retirement costs eating up increases in education funding
Restoring an ancient Great Lakes fish
Five finalists still in running for Kalamazoo City Manager
KVCC professor asks "Where have all the faculty gone?"
Paw Paw couple back in Michigan after observing elections in Kenya

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Emergency Manager says Benton Harbor will end fiscal year with surplus
Wet spring allows mosquito population to flourish
Detroit Emergency Manager says collection at Detroit Institute of Arts could be at risk if city files for bankruptcy
Ceremony at Fort Custer among Memorial Day weekend events
Jobless rates drop in most Michigan labor markets in April

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Stulberg Competition highlights new generation in music
Anonymous 4 sings of earthly Marion, heavenly Marie
Old-world Tchaikovsky style from Battle Creek Symphony
Soloists acknowledge their roots with KSO's 'A Night of Musical Promise'
From Wagner to 'Les Mis:' Rick Phelps previews Kalamazoo Singers concert

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