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KVCC professor asks "Where have all the faculty gone?"

Gordon Evans — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:57:12 +0000

Kalamazoo Valley Community College Professor Keith Kroll says he wanted to write on the proliferation of online classes at community colleges across the country.

Paw Paw couple back in Michigan after observing elections in Kenya

Gordon Evans — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:28:34 +0000

A Paw Paw couple spent three months in Kenya this year monitoring elections in the African nation. Joe and Kathy Ossman volunteered for the African Great Lakes Initiative. They blogged about their experiences in Africa and spoke with WMUK a couple of times by Skype from the village of Lumakanda.

Kalamazoo PCB protest urges action by EPA

Andrew Robins — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:19:34 +0000

Officials from the City of Kalamazoo head to Chicago Thursday, May 16th, to meet with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. They’re looking for answers about the future of PCB contamination in the Allied Paper Landfill.

Albion School Board votes to close high school

Gordon Evans — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:25:35 +0000

Albion School Board members have voted to close the district's high school to cover a projected $1-million shortfall for next year. The Battle Creek Enquirer reports the board voted 5-1 Tuesday night to become a K-8 district

GOP group eyes the Endangered Species Act

Andrew Robins — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:50:38 +0000

A group of Republicans in Congress is casting an eye on the Endangered Species Act. The law was approved in 1973 with encouragement by the Nixon administration to help prevent threatened plants and animals from becoming extinct. The federal threatened and endangered list includes several Michigan species like the Kirtland’s warbler and the piping plover.