The event's organizer, Ben Hastings, said he wanted to shine a spotlight on "overlooked" and "underappreciated" cars.

A full house of students and faculty attended the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees meeting Thursday. It was the first meeting of the new academic year.

Until this summer, Battle Creek owned a little-used natural area in southeast Barry County. Environmentalists and local leaders came together to make the Bailey Nature Preserve part of the Barry County Parks Department.

A nonprofit group recently ran a billboard campaign targeting the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine.

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Visitors can expect to pay for parking by the end of the week or take advantage of 90-minute free parking in nearby parking structures.

You may think of rural West Michigan as Trump country. But Democratic voters live there too, even if they’re outnumbered.

The university's current leader was hired through a private search, but his predecessor's hiring process was public.

The last vote of no confidence in WMU President Edward Montgomery came at the end of 2021 from the faculty union. Friday's action included all three academic labor unions.

A downtown car parade, a "cute car show" and other displays this weekend will be followed by an electric vehicle show on the 28th.