GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Authorities have identified the dismembered remains of a woman found by police in western Michigan.

Grand Rapids police said Saturday that DNA testing revealed the remains were that of Ashley Regina-Marie Young. The 31-year-old woman from Kalamazoo County’s ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A man has been charged in the dismemberment of a woman in his apartment in western Michigan.

Police say they found body parts outside Jared Chance’s apartment and in the basement of the building in Grand Rapids Sunday, as well as blood inside his ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Before the season, Kalamazoo United quarterback Eric Wenzel laid out a list of goals for his senior football campaign.

An undefeated regular season, the program’s first district title and a state championship were toward the top, but nowhere on the list was any ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A Cracker Barrel restaurant in southwestern Michigan will not reopen after a problem with salmonella.

The Kalamazoo County health department says it was told about the closing last week. The agency says private tests revealed significant contamination at the ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Deion Holmes scored 25 points and South Carolina Upstate snapped a five-game skid, beating Western Michigan 71-66 on Saturday.

Holmes was 10 of 16 from the field including four from long range for the Spartans (2-6). Malik Moore added 18 points with 10 rebounds, two ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Several state parks in southern Michigan will host volunteer stewardship work days in December.

Officials say volunteers are needed to cut invasive, non-native shrubs such as glossy buckthorn, autumn olive, multi-flora rose and others.

The Department of Natural ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A southwestern Michigan Superfund site in Allegan and Kalamazoo counties is being put on a list for immediate action.

The Environmental Protection Agency says a focus will be made on entering into agreements with potentially responsible parties to complete cleanup ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Crews have wrapped up removal of a roughly 90-year-old dam in southwestern Michigan as part of an effort to help restore habitat for native fish.

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Jamauri Bogan rushed for 63 yards and two touchdowns and Western Michigan held off Northern Illinois 28-21 on Tuesday night.

Bogan’s second TD came from a yard out with 1:36 left in the fourth quarter and helped the Broncos (7-5, 5-3 Mid-American Conference) knock ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a southwestern Michigan police officer has been struck by a car on a sidewalk.

The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says the officer was with a group of investigators talking to neighbors Monday afternoon when the vehicle struck and injured ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A southwestern Michigan woman who entered a plea deal after being charged in her 87-year-old mother’s overdose death has been sentenced to 5-15 years in prison.

Sixty-year-old Susan Kubicek of ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Michael Flowers scored 19 points and Western Michigan beat Aquinas College of the NAIA 99-52 on Saturday.

Flowers was 5 of 6 including three 3-pointers for the Broncos (3-1). Josh Davis added 15 points and five rebounds, William Boyer-Richard had 13 points and ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A 38-year-old western Michigan man has been charged in the death of his girlfriend’s 7-month-old son.

Sonny Larson was arraigned this week on murder and first-degree child abuse charges.

The child’s mother called 911 after finding him unresponsive Wednesday in ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors in southwestern Michigan have failed to stop a second trial for a man whose murder conviction was overturned in the death of his 2-year-old son.

In a 4-3 decision, the Michigan Supreme Court turned down an appeal Friday, five weeks after hearing ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Seth Dugan scored a career-high 32 points along with a career-high 22 rebounds and Western Michigan beat Detroit Mercy 89-76 in Tuesday night’s season opener for both teams.

Nine of Dugan’s 22 boards came on the offensive end where he shot 12 of 18. Dugan became the ...

ROCHESTER, Mich. (AP) — Xavier Hill-Mais and Karmari Newman each knocked down three 3-pointers and Oakland opened the season with a 99-45 rout of Division III Kalamazoo in an exhibition game Tuesday night.

The Golden Grizzlies got out to a fast start, racing to a 54-17 lead after 20 ...

PARCHMENT, Mich. (AP) — A federal lawsuit blames two companies for high amounts of toxic industrial chemicals that were found in drinking water of two southwestern Michigan communities over the summer.

The

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Nathan Rourke threw three touchdown passes, rushed for two scores and Ohio used six turnovers to ease past Western Michigan 59-14 on Thursday night.

Ohio led 45-0 at halftime after Western Michigan turned it over five times. Rourke scored on a 6-yard sneak and he ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A southwestern Michigan woman who authorities say abused her infant twin sons, including one who died from his injuries, has been sentenced to 20 ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Eli Peters replaced injured starter Mitchell Guadagni and threw three second-half touchdown passes to help Toledo beat Western Michigan 51-24 on Thursday night.

Guadagni appeared to hurt his shoulder late in the second quarter and Peters opened the third with a ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) _ Stryker Corp. (SYK) on Thursday reported third-quarter profit of $590 million.

The Kalamazoo, Michigan-based company said it had profit of $1.55 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $1.69 per share.

The results surpassed Wall Street ...

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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Police in Santa Fe have arrested a 17-year-old boy in the Sept. 26 shooting death of a Michigan man who was visiting the northern New Mexico city.

Police say the boy was already in custody on unrelated charges when he was served Thursday with an arrest warrant ...

DETROIT (AP) — Eager to snap and post an online photo of your Michigan ballot in the Nov. 6 election? Think again. A legal dispute over photos in polling places still hasn’t reached the finish line, more than two years later.

A millennial voter from the Kalamazoo area, Joel Crookston, ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Marlene Berthoud was an enigma, born with a head full of silvery hair that her father, Bryan Berthoud, compared to the X-Men superhero Storm’s shimmery locks.

“We joked that she has super powers,” said her mother, Kelly Berthoud, because of her bright white ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Jon Wassink threw for a touchdown, ran for another and Jayden Reed recovered an onside kick with 20 seconds remaining as Western Michigan won its fourth straight, 27-24 over Eastern Michigan on Saturday.

Wassink, who had his season end with a knee injury when the ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — The head of a team leading Michigan’s response to contamination in water from toxic industrial chemicals has urged the federal government to set stronger standards.

Carol Isaacs presented her requests Friday during a discussion on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A southwestern Michigan woman who authorities say abused her infant twin sons, including one who died from his injuries, has pleaded guilty to ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency will host a round table discussion in western Michigan on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances -- known as PFAS -- that threaten water sources in a number of communities across the state.

EPA and state officials are expected to ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Santa Fe police investigating the fatal shooting of a 64-year-old Michigan man visiting the northern New Mexico city are looking for five young people.

Richard Milan of Kalamazoo died Wednesday night after being shot while walking in his dog during a stop in Santa Fe ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Santa Fe police say they have made no arrests in a fatal shooting that killed a Michigan man.

The Santa Fe New Mexican

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says attacks on a woman accusing U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct could deter people with similar stories to contact authorities.

The Republican governor spoke Monday at Western Michigan University during a ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan utility has unveiled a new battery to store renewable energy at Western Michigan University.

The battery can store enough solar and wind energy to supply about 1,000 homes with an hour of power, said Consumers Energy Project Manager Nathan Washburn. The ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Four Michigan community mental health centers have been selected as Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics and are getting a boost in funding.

U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan on Thursday announced the designation for Kalamazoo Community Mental Health ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Southwestern Michigan authorities say a man accused of killing his girlfriend is back behind bars after escaping from jail.

Kalamazoo County sheriff’s officials say the inmate had been in the county jail’s recreation area on Wednesday when he climbed fences and ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — LeVante Bellamy ran 40 yards for a score on Western Michigan’s first play from scrimmage and Jayden Reed muffed a punt and then returned it 93 yards for a touchdown to power the Broncos to a 68-0 victory over Delaware State on Saturday night.

Reed’s score 45 seconds ...

SCHOOLCRAFT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Officials have released the names of two people who died after a boating accident in southwestern Michigan.

The Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office says the boat was crossing from Tub Lake to Barton Lake when it struck the top of a cement barrier under ...

SCHOOLCRAFT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say two people have died after the boat they were on struck a bridge in western Michigan.

The Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office said the boat was crossing through a canal from Tub Lake to Barton Lake when it struck the Portage Road bridge ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Police say two people were injured in a stabbing at a homeless camp in southwestern Michigan that’s been a focus of recent protests seeking better resources for homeless people.

WWMT-TV reports Kalamazoo officers responded after a fight involving people staying at ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A write-in candidate for township supervisor in southwestern Michigan who lost a tiebreaker for the Republican nomination has prevailed by a single vote following a recount.

Robert Baker, who challenged an incumbent for a spot on the November ballot for the Ross ...

FRANKENMUTH, Mich. (AP) — More than 100 young lake sturgeon have been released in a river with the hope that they’ll make their way to the Great Lakes and return in 20 years to spawn.

The fish released in the Cass River in Frankenmuth were raised in a hatchery and are only 4 to 6 inches ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Senior quarterback Eric Dungey rushed for 200 yards and passed for 184, coming back off the bench for Syracuse in a 55-42 win at Western Michigan on Friday in the season opener.

Dungey looked like he was going to get the second half off after the Orange built a 34-7 ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Western Michigan junior running back Davon Tucker was taken off the field on a stretcher after suffering an upper body injury blocking on a kickoff return Friday against Syracuse.

He was the second college football player taken off the field on a stretcher after a ...