A lawsuit brought by a Benton Harbor-based engineering firm over a failed sewer project has been settled with the village of Bloomingdale and townships of Bloomingdale and Cheshire.
More schools are reporting closures, and area hospitals have seen a surge in patients reporting flu-like symptoms as the influenza season continues to tighten its grip on the area.
The following school districts and individual schools in Southwest Michigan have been closed because so many of the students have been ill: DISTRICTS Galesburg-Augusta Community Schools Gull Lake Community Schools Vicksburg Community Schools Schoolcraft Community Schools Gobles Public Schools Bloomingdale Public Schools Hastings Area Schools ...
Herb Gross of Portage holds a sign protesting the war in Afghanistan while standing in front of the Federal Building during a peace vigil Wednesday evening.
GOBLES, Mich. A fire has broken out in downtown Gobles. Officials say the fire broke out in the basement below Jan's Trailside Cafe around 7:50 Friday evening, and spread to the large apartment above the cafe.
After leading police on a chase - both in his vehicle and on foot - a 28-year-old Bloomingdale man was arrested for fleeing and eluding police and operating while intoxicated.
Bloomingdale's Oktoberfest is this weekend in Van Buren County. The annual event gets underway Friday and Oktoberfest Chairperson Kim Otten says there will be an Oktoberfest breakfast, craft and food vendors, music, games and a beer tent.
Nineteen of 174 public schools in the Kalamazoo region did not make Adequate Yearly Progress for the 2008-09 school year, a marked improvement over last year, according to assessments released Thursday by the Michigan Department of Education.