Kalamazoo News

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I like states and countries that are shaped like things. Not only is Michigan shaped like a mitten, but if you include the Upper Peninsula, it looks like a mitten that is desperately trying to cling to an overhead branch before plummeting down the face of Mount Arvon.

The two local women featured are Pam Gibson from Galesburg and the other, Linda Buck from Kalamazoo. I'm curious if any of these two women are still around and are still aware that they were in this commercial and that it's available online like this.

The lanternfly is a small little insect that can do major damage to Michigan crops. The Michigan DNR says, If you seen one, SMASH IT!!

Though, it certainly feels like no matter how much you make, it's never enough.

WMU students learned why they shouldn't buy five margaritas.

Gobles HS football alumni John Highley will be retiring from the United States Air Force today after 21+ years of service. Jonathan is a pilot flying the C-17 Globmaster all over the world in service to our country.

There's actually been quite a bit of Pure Michigan in the Super Bowl Halftime Shows.

According to a post that was made recently, there is a photo of employees of the Piggly Wiggly standing in front of the Battle Creek location in 1926. In 1927 Polk City Directories said that there were locations at 54 W. State Street, 12 N. Jefferson Ave., 212 S. Jefferson Ave., 554 E. Main, 229 W. Main, 639 Kernan Dr., and 417 Maple.

Steve Braithwaite, who owns the Big Banana Car, has taken it across a tour of the United States already and even had a book illustrated about his journeys, and who he met along the way.