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Southwest Michigan Today Friday April 14, 2017

Zoetis is buying an Irish company. Benton Harbor's former superintendent is arraigned on criminal charges. The K-Wings begin post-season play. 

Zoetis is buying Nexvet Biopharma for $85-million. The Irish company makes pain management drugs for dogs and cats. (Kalamazoo Gazette

Former Benton Harbor Schools Superintendent Leonard Seawood has been arraigned on charges of embezzlement and obtaining money under false pretenses. Seawood is accused of taking extra payouts for unused vacation days. (St. Joseph Benton Harbor Herald-Palladium

The K-Wings open their first round playoff series at Toledo on Friday. Games three and four of the best of seven series will be played in Kalamazoo Tuesday and Wednesday. (K-Wings

Gordon Evans became WMUK's Content Director in 2019 after more than 20 years as an anchor, host and reporter. A 1990 graduate of Michigan State, he began work at WMUK in 1996.