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Credit Andy Robins / WMUK New Year's Eve revelers will be able to take alcoholic drinks into Kalamazoo's Bronson Park this year. City have commissioners added the park to the city's new "social district." It's intended to help downtown bars and restaurants survive COVID-19. But resident Jeff Messer says the move doesn't go far enough. "Rather than picking winners and losers among liquor purveyors and their customers, the City Commission should just repeal all prohibitions." Members of the city's parks board opposed the change. They say the city should revisit the issue before next summer. Cit...

Credit Andy Robins / WMUK Kalamazoo County is holding its first mass-vaccination clinics for COVID-19. County Medical Director Doctor William Nettleton says the events December 22 and 23 are for EMTs and other front-line health care workers. "There will be over 300 people we plan to vaccine today, and over 200 people we plan to vaccinate tomorrow. So, we're here all afternoon and through the evening to accommodate the special, unique features of being on call 24/7 as a health care worker." Hypodermic needles and other supplies ready for health care workers getting the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine ...

WMUK's Andy Robins speaks with Western Regional Health Education Center Director Lisa Brennan The project will pair students at four schools in Kent and Newaygo counties with mentors who are undergraduates at Western Michigan University at Grand Valley State University. Lisa Brennan is the head of the Western Regional Health Education Center based at Western Michigan University's College of Health and Human Services, which is running the project. She says the ninth and tenth graders involved in the Health Careers Pipeline Program will get experiences they might not otherwise have. "They'll do...

WMUK's Andy Robins speaks with the United Way's Natalie Saucedo The new grant program is a joint effort by the city and the United Way of the Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Region. Natalie Saucedo is the United Ways's director of individual giving an innovation. She says the grants can cover the cost of things like face masks, training for employees, and better ventilation. "All of those things, they add up up for these small businesses. So, this grant fund, the purpose of it, is to be able to provide them with a little bit of reimbursement going into this holiday season."