News for Southwest Michigan

WMU Graduate College gets new dean  Read More >>   

Susan Stapleton has been on Western's faculty since 1990.

Settlement in Kalamazoo River clean up case may not end legal battle  Read More >>   

Battle Creek Enquirer reporter Trace Christenson has the latest on Tuesday's settlement and what may come next

Report calls for more natural gas exploration in Michigan  Read More >>   

Lawton State Representative authored report, says greater exploation can be done safely

Titanic's SW Michigan link  Read More >>   

U.S. Senator William Alden Smith of Dowagiac led the official American investigation into one of history's worst maritime disasters. The RMS Titanic sank 100 years ago this month.

Michigan Bills Would Help Families of Autistic Children, Autism Field of Study  Read More >>   

Senate bills 414 and 415 could reimburse individuals with autism up to $50,000 a year for expenses related to autism.

New Autism Treatment Center Opening In Portage  Read More >>   

Renovation is currently underway on what was once the Moose Lodge in Portage. In July, the $1.7 million renovation will become the Great Lakes Center for Autism Treatment and Research and open its doors to the Michigan autistic community as the first center of its kind in the state.

WMU Athletic Director Kathy Beauregard honored by YWCA  Read More >>   

The YWCA of Kalamazoo has announced that Western Michigan University Athletic Director Kathy Beauregard will receive this year’s Lifetime Woman of Achievement of Award.

Camp helps kids through serious burns  Read More >>   

For 17 years the Great Lakes Burn Camp program has brought together kids from around the country who’ve suffered serious burns. One of the camps will be held near Kalamazoo later this year

Michigan Now: Municipal officials worry over possible tax cut   Read More >>   

Republican lawmakers are proposing the elimination of the tax on new business equipment

WMU President on state funding, medical school and a little hockey  Read More >>   

Western Michigan University President John Dunn sat down with WMUK’s Gordon Evans and Rebecca Theile on Thursday.

County board endorses KRESA bid to run Head Start  Read More >>   

Kalamazoo County Commissioners voted unanimously on Wednesday to endorse the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency as the sole applicant

Michigan Now: Shorter winter may mean bears out of hibernation early  Read More >>   

The unusually warm weather we’ve had lately doesn’t just affect people. It’s affecting animals. Bears are spending less time in hibernation and more time near people, and that’s bad for us - and them

WMU walkers help poor countries get clean water  Read More >>   

In many poor countries, people must walk for miles to get something Americans take for granted: clean water. On Saturday, March 17th, people will gather at Western Michigan University to walk and raise money for clean water projects.