why's that

The street signs say Pioneer, but the stamps in the sidewalk indicate that wasn't always the street's name.

The Prairie Band Potawatomi survived forced migration in the 19th century. Now a council member wonders if Americans will confront the past.

As he negotiated with a government eager to push out his people, Chief Leopold Pokagon left nothing to chance.

This month our question comes from Chris Chopp, principal of the Comstock STEM Academy.

This is WMUK’s “Why’s That?” answering your questions about life in Southwest Michigan. I’m Sehvilla Mann, and you’re not.If you watched Saturday Night…

Sharon Ferraro is the City of Kalamazoo’s historic preservation expert. She’s come to the historic Vine neighborhood to help answer a question about a…

Kalamazoo is known for the things it’s manufactured - guitars, taxi cabs, lots of paper. But it’s also got an agricultural claim to fame, as America’s…

In 1971, Erika Loeffler Friedl and her husband bought a three-bedroom ranch house near Western Michigan University, where Erika went on to have a long…

This story begins on an island: a patch of land that is surrounded by the City of Kalamazoo but is not part of it. This episode originally aired in Nov.…

In Lawton, just off the main drag, there’s a sprawling brick building with arched windows. It has a chimney, or smokestack, so tall you can see it from all over town. The pale bricks glow in the sunlight. For locals, it's a symbol of home. For visitors, it’s a curiosity.