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Shutdown Produces Two Very Different Musical Projects

By • Jun 3, 2020
Courtesy photo / Dale Jansen

We’ve been asking for your stories of life during the pandemic as told through sound. In part two of the series, a listener in Mattawan has just finished an album whose name reflects the times. And we hear from a Texas Corners man who had to make something with the sounds drifting through his window.


Kalamazoo, Portage Announce Curfews

By • Jun 2, 2020
Sehvilla Mann / WMUK

Kalamazoo and Portage have announced citywide curfews from 7 p.m. Monday, June 2, to 5 a.m. Wednesday, June 3. That's after vandals damaged buildings in Kalamazoo Monday night following peaceful demonstrations against police brutality.


Kalamazoo Leaders Urge Peaceful Protests

By & & John McNeill • Jun 2, 2020
John McNeill / WMUK

Kalamazoo Mayor David Anderson is asking protesters in Kalamazoo to remain peaceful as more marches and demonstrations are planned following the death of George Floyd at the hands of white police officers in Minneapolis.

Black Leaders In Kalamazoo Warn Against Property Damage

By • Jun 1, 2020
The photo shows six people participating in a video chat
Sehvilla Mann / WMUK

A group of African-American leaders in Kalamazoo is calling for peaceful protests against systemic racism and police brutality. But on Facebook Live today, pastors, nonprofit directors and an elected official condemned the burning and ransacking of businesses that has occurred in cities around the country during some protests of the death of George Floyd. They said it must not happen in Kalamazoo.

WMU Launches New Cybersecurity Degree

By • May 28, 2020
David Zalubowski / AP Photo

Western Michigan University launches a new four-year degree program in cybersecurity in the fall 2020 semester.


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