WMUK News

Metro Transit addresses staff needs after shootings

By Leona Larson • 18 hours ago

Photo of the Kalamazoo Transportation Center. — WMUK

When a gunman opened fire at Kalamazoo’s Metro Transit station on Saturday, November 27, security guards on patrol there were unarmed. But that wasn’t always the case.

Kalamazoo officials could decide Monday whether to allow pod homes and other emergency housing

By Haley Steinkamp • Dec 3, 2021

View of tents on muddy ground with large puddles, bushes in the foreground and trees in the background under blue sky — Leona Larson / WMUK

The Kalamazoo City Commission may vote on an emergency housing ordinance when it meets Monday evening. If it passes, service providers will be able to apply for a permit to construct temporary housing, including the easy-to-assemble “pod” homes proposed by nonprofit Housing Resources Inc.

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A report on a proposal to allow emergency housing in the City of Kalamazoo

Current COVID wave the longest, hospitalizations higher than ever

By Leona Larson • Dec 2, 2021

Of the three major waves of COVID-19 hospitalizations to hit Kalamazoo, doctors say the current one is the worst because it's lasting so long.

Art Beat: Art In Bloom

By Zinta Aistars • Dec 2, 2021

The journey artist Ashley Carlson has chosen to travel is lined by flowers. Blossoms of every kind are a frequent topic of her art.

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Art Beat with Ashley Carlson.

Bronson Healthcare reports 93 percent compliance with vaccine requirements