City officials say downtown Kalamazoo will have 51 dual trash and recycling bins after additional Bigbelly smart waste disposal units are installed in the fall.

Calhoun County has a diabetes problem, in the top quarter of death rates in the state. But there are those who are trying to help.

Wildlife officials hope genetic tests will help reveal how invasive crayfish got to a state fish hatchery in Mattawan.

Residents of a South Bend mobile home park braced for a ban this summer on window-unit air conditioners. It’s been delayed, but a Kalamazoo County mobile home park owned by the same company does ban window unit ACs.

Kalamazoo County residents may see a helicopter towing an antenna this week, as the City of Kalamazoo conducts a groundwater survey.

The Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert was shut down in 2022 and began to decommission. But the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission confirmed on July 24 that it has formally changed the plant’s license status to operational.

Nearly $2.5 million of medical debt has been forgiven for over 7,000 Kalamazoo residents — but officials say even more could be erased if additional medical providers agreed to sell their debt portfolios.

The agency said it will investigate two scholarships at Western Michigan University for possible civil rights violations.

The Battle Creek-based North American arm of Bleistahl, a German multinational metals company, said a mistake let to the company settling with the Department of Justice to resolve claims it falsely obtained a Paycheck Protection Program loan in 2021.

The family of a Michiana woman who disappeared 50 years ago is searching for answers with the help of the Michigan State Police and the Western Michigan University Cold Case Program.