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Southwest Michigan Today Friday June 2, 2017

Hope College names an interim president. President Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris Climate accord gets a cool reception. Battle Creek gets the best of Kalamazoo in their first meeting of the Northwoods League baseball season. 

Hope College says Dennis Voskuil will serve as interim president for up to two years. Voskuil was a member of the Holland school's faculty from 1977 to 1994. John Knapp is leaving to become president of Washington and Jefferson College in Pennsylvania. (Holland Sentinel

West Michigan Congressman calls President Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord "a mistake." (MLive)  Kellogg says it will engage with other foreign governments, non-governmental organizations and consumers on the issue of climate change. The Battle Creek-based breakfast and snack food maker was one of 360 companies that signed an open letter to the President urging him to keep the U.S. as part of the Paris accord. (Battle Creek Enquirer

Battle Creek beat Kalamazoo in the first meeting of the two teams in the new baseball season. The Growlers and Bombers play again Friday night in Kalamazoo. (Bombers)