Portage News

Vicksburg woman dies after running stop sign

WWMT-TV Kalamazoo - Tue Oct 14

A 61-year-old woman from Vicksburg died Tuesday after she failed to stop at a stop sign and was struck by another car.

Food needskeep rising for families

Kalamazoo Gazette - Tue Oct 14

Anne Wend Lipsey isn't panicking -- yet. As the economy continues its downward slide and the prices of gasoline, food and other life necessities fluctuate, the number of individuals and families seeking food ...

Antonio Taylor gets eight to 30 years in prison for shooting at Naptown Riders Motorcycle Club

Kalamazoo Gazette - Tue Oct 14

Antonio Taylor apologized Monday for his role in a Dec. 15 shooting at a Kalamazoo after-hours club.

Leaders honor mother who died in childbirth

WWMT-TV Kalamazoo - Mon Oct 13

Kalamazoo County leaders honored a Comstock woman who died giving birth to triplets.

Countywide vote to determine transit funding

Kalamazoo Gazette - Mon Oct 13

Miles of cornfields and the occasional barn whiz by as Donna Blevins returns home to Pavilion Township from a dialysis center in Kalamazoo.

Flight of the Bottle-Neck Goose

Editor & Publisher - Mon Oct 13

Kalamazoo County Animal Services and Enforcement Officer Mark Vanderberg chases a Canada goose with a plastic bottle stuck on its head through Riverside Cemetery in Kalamazoo Wednesday afternoon.

Energy costs a factor in Michigan US Senate race

MLive.com - Sun Oct 12

A gallon of gas costs more than twice what it did six years ago, the last time incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen.

Work continues on I-94

Battle Creek Enquirer - Sat Oct 11

Here's a look at the latest and continuing road construction projects: BATTLE CREEK I-94 Project: The state transportation department is making bridge, ramp and pavement upgrades in almost of six miles of I-94, ...

City policy tested over Eliason's tax request

Kalamazoo Gazette - Sat Oct 11

The city of Portage's recently adopted tax-abatement policy was put to the test for the first time this week, when a company planning a $1.4 million improvement asked municipal leaders for a long-term ...

Graham, Quinn vie for District 10

Kalamazoo Gazette - Sat Oct 11

In the only race for the Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners in which an incumbent is stepping down, a former Portage mayor is pitted against a candidate who nearly won a board seat two years ago.