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The name of the new courthouse in Kalamazoo honors the …
网页2024年1月29日 · The Charles A. Pratt Justice Center officially opened in early December. Kalamazoo opened a new justice center on December 11, 2023, naming the building after the first Black judge in Kalamazoo. Charles Pratt was born in Kalamazoo in 1909 and raised in the city. He graduated from Howard University Law School in Washington, DC in 1928.
Why the water in the Great Lakes should not be "for sale ... - WMUK
网页2022年1月11日 · Dempsey, a senior advisor for the Traverse City-based nonprofit For Love of Water (FLOW), argues that commodifying the water in the Lakes would amount to a massive failure of stewardship. He makes the case in his recently updated book "Great Lakes for Sale," published by Mission Point Press. I asked Dempsey, given the challenges of moving water ...
Exclusive “Heartbreak Hotel” musical comes to the Barn Theatre
网页2024年8月16日 · Luke Ragotzy, who starred in “Million Dollar Quartet” in 2023 at the Barn Theatre, will again fill the blue suede shoes of Elvis Presley in “Heartbreak Hotel,” a new musical biography of the legendary performer.It also stars Altamiece Cooper as a record shop owner who introduces the young Elvis to popular music in the Black community.
Catskills of the Midwest: The Jewish Resort Era in South Haven
网页2016年5月26日 · The Historical Association of South Haven is re-opening its popular exhibit Catskills of the Midwest: The Jewish Resort Era in South Haven. It shows how farms run by Jewish immigrants slowly led to large lakeside resorts for Jewish families all over the region. The exhibit opens Saturday, May 28th at the Historical Association of South Haven ...
DNR detects viral deer disease in Southwest Michigan earlier
网页2024年8月29日 · The Michigan DNR announced last week that it detected a viral disease among St. Joseph County’s deer population. The fly-borne disease is called Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease, or EHD. While people cannot contract it, the virus is often fatal for deer. The DNR confirmed the case in late July. That's a month or …
How West Street Became Westnedge Avenue - wmuk.org
网页2017年3月9日 · A few months after West Street became Westnedge Avenue, and two years after he died, Westnedge’s widow Eva had Joseph’s body returned to Kalamazoo. The city held a parade the day of his burial at Riverside Cemetery near his older brother Richard. Joseph Westnedge’s infantry unit belonged to the 32 nd division.
Why's That: Is crime "so much worse these days" in Kalamazoo?
网页2023年11月10日 · Juday stresses that overall violent crime—which includes assault and robbery—is down 17 percent in Kalamazoo from this time last year. It seems to be decreasing nationally, too. Just-released FBI crime stats for 2022 show murder went down 6 percent and overall violent crime went down almost 2 percent.
Climate activists plan to build snow people and animals in …
网页2024年1月18日 · A snow person on Western Michigan University's campus, Thursday, January 18, 2024. The event will draw attention to an "endangered species," the snowman. Two Kalamazoo groups will join forces to protest inaction on climate change at a wintery event in Bronson Park in downtown Kalamazoo. Members of the Ardea Youth Climate Coalition and the ...
Art Beat: Photosynthesis II - WMUK
网页2023年9月13日 · Listen to WMUK's Art Beat every Friday at 7:50 a.m. and 4:20 p.m. Zinta Aistars is our resident book expert. She started interviewing authors and artists for our Arts & More program in 2011. Zinta Aistars speaks with Linda Rzoska and Katie Mumby about the "Photosynthesis II" exhibit at WMU's Richmond Center for the Visual Arts.