SW Michigan

KALAMAZOO, MI - Stryker Corp.'s voluntary recall of its ShapeMatch Cutting Guides is being classified as a Class I recall by the Food and Drug Administration, meaning there is reasonable probability the product could cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

LANSING - The state transportation budget advanced in the Senate today without the extra $1.2 billion in road and bridge funding called for by Gov. Rick Snyder, just as the main budget bill cleared the House Appropriations Committee today, also without the extra money.

Lansing - A Senate committee approved legislation Thursday that would grant the state's Natural Resources Commission power to designate wildlife as game animals, potentially deflating a citizens' initiative to repeal a new law allowing wolf hunting.

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in downtown Kalamazoo likely won't open until September, instead of the initial targeted opening of summer. League and Kennedy said they had hoped to open the theater in June or July but it likely won't open until September, due to the amount of construction, hiring and other work that needs to be done.