Appliance manufacturer Whirlpool saw shares drop by about 20% on Wednesday. The drop came after the Benton Harbor-based company released its first-quarter results of the year.

A conversation with Amy Kirk Duvoisin

"Walt's Pilgrimage," a class where students visit Disney-related sites across the country, was first offered at Western Michigan University in 2015. In late April, students made their first stop at the Gilmore Car Museum, which Disney visited in 1964.

The vote renews the existing millage for special education in the nine school districts KRESA serves.

Portage voters who said "no" to a multi-hauler trash system won out with a margin of roughly 10% according to election results posted Tuesday night.

The settlement means the state of Michigan's lawsuit will not proceed. The state sued Eagle Creek for damages stemming from a dam drawdown that caused as much as 400,000 cubic yards of sediment to be released into the Kalamazoo River.

Pétanque was born in Provence in the early 20th century. In Kalamazoo, a group of older adults plays Monday mornings.

The Small Business Administration is offering low-interest federal disaster loans for Michigan businesses, private nonprofits and residents affected by the March 6 tornadoes.

Beyond a number of tax proposals for local school districts on the ballot Tuesday is a millage renewal for KRESA, which serves nine local districts.

The war in Iran has made prices climb in recent months, but an outage at an Indiana BP oil refinery Sunday also contributed to a jump this week in regional prices.