The book Strength in What Remains is this year's selection for the "Reading Together" program sponsored by the Kalamazoo Public Library. Author Tracy Kidder will discuss his book Thursday night at 7:00 at Chenery Auditorium in Kalamazoo.…

Battle Creek City Commissioners have picked their Mayor and Vice Mayor for the next year. Susan Baldwin was selected Mayor, she has held that post for the last two years. Elizabeth Fulton is Battle Creek's new Vice Mayor.…

The state House Tax Policy committee heard from various lobbyists and economists last week on ideas for changing MichiganA's tax code. Tim Bartik, an economist with the Kalamazoo-based W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research was among those who testified before the committee.…

The economic downturn and how the Kalamazoo arts community can survive it will be the topic at a meeting Friday, sponsored by the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo. …

Kalamazoo City Commissioner Don Cooney will formally launch his campaign for Congress Wednesday. Cooney will be making a second run in the Sixth Congressional district.…

Officials at Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo College say all of their students in Japan are safe after a major earthquake on Friday, March 11th.…

A controversial car ferry service on Lake Michigan is getting support from Michigan's senior U.S. senator.…

Republican nominee for governor Rick Snyder has chosen a young, conservative lawmaker from mid-Michigan to be his running mate on the November ballot. Sources inside the campaign have confirmed to the Michigan Public Radio Network that state Representative Brian Calley is Snyder's choice.…

Rolling Stone magazine reports that opposition is building in Canada to a proposed "northern alternative" to the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline. And the 2010 Kalamazoo River oil spill is fueling fears north of the border.…

The Salvation Army is continuing to seek donations in the Kalamazoo area even though its Red Kettle Campaign has ended.…