David Benac News Today

The Historical Association will welcome David Benac, as he presents a talk entitled, “The Evolution of Company Towns” on Wednesday, April 24. The program will take place at 7 p.m.

In the shadows of a Kalamazoo paper mill and wastewater plant, parents are concerned about the effects pollution is having on their kids.

Don't go outside if the odor is present, the state tells neighbors of the polluting plants. "Is the state going to do anything about it?” one resident asked.

In a move to bring together the environmental and beautification efforts of three Kalamazoo neighborhood (Vine, Edison, and Oakwood), the Kalamazoo Earth Day Festival is launching April 22, 2023.

While sticks and stones are certainly more blatant, there's no question words also can do a great deal of harm.

The proposed budget includes spending that’s about 5% higher than last year. And it includes more than $32 million for the Public Safety Department. That’s only slightly less than than year before, despite loud calls for defunding the department. David Benac is one resident who spoke out against the Public Safety Department budget during a hearing earlier this month. “It’s a department that is so deeply flawed the city had to fire the chief and then hide that it was fired and make excus...