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Michigan drag queen group puts focus on improv, laughter and helping homeless youth across state

Michigan Live 23 Sep 2021
KALAMAZOO, MI — Entertaining? Yes ... This weekend will mark the first time one of his troupes makes their way to Kalamazoo with a pair of brunch performances at 11 a.m ... “We have worked with other HopCat locations, so we are very excited to be coming to Kalamazoo with one of our regular restaurant partners,” said Straub, 28 ... 26 at HopCat in Kalamazoo.
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Hotel demand in Kalamazoo hit an all-time high this summer

Michigan Live 10 Sep 2021
KALAMAZOO, MI — While the tourism industry as a whole has faced challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kalamazoo recently reached a new high based on the demand for hotel rooms ... Joy Underwood, General Manager of the Staybridge Suites Kalamazoo who serves as President of the Greater Kalamazoo Lodging Association and General, echoed the sentiment.
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‘I don’t want his name to be forgotten,’ father says of Deputy Proxmire during memorial service

Michigan Live 22 Aug 2021
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI – Ryan Proxmire was a hard worker who loved his job with the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office, but he always made time for his family ... Agencies from the greater Kalamazoo area attended, along with those from Ann Arbor and Bay City ... Photos of Proxmire in uniform or with fellow officers show the joy he had from his job, the Rev.
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After living three years inside a Kalamazoo church avoiding deportation, Pakistani immigrant rediscovers freedom

Michigan Live 01 Aug 2021
KALAMAZOO, MI — After 13 years in Kalamazoo, Saheeda Nadeem, who was living on an expired visa in March 2018, was informed by an ICE agent one Friday that she had to leave the country in three days ... Nathan Dannison, then senior pastor of First Congregational Church in downtown Kalamazoo, and his congregation decided that wasn’t going to happen.
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Maynard Kaufman

The Herald Palladium 25 Jul 2021
After graduate school he taught in the Religion Department at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo ... Very early in his teaching career in 1963 Maynard took his family to live on a small farm near the city of Kalamazoo.
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After a string of pandemic-induced closures, can Kalamazoo’s downtown restaurant scene bounce back?

Michigan Live 18 Jul 2021
Downtown businesses that have opened since March 2020 include Rose Street Nutrition, Beowoof Provisions For Pets, Kalamazoo Fashion House, Gold & Sass, Ballet Kalamazoo, Great Lakes Thrift Co., Mason Jar Plant Shop, Bee Joyful, The Waiting Room, Colors & Cocktails, Two ...
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Kalamazoo Pride events kick off with virtual awards ceremony Friday night

Michigan Live 10 Jun 2021
KALAMAZOO, MI — “To create a just, inclusive, equitable, and supportive environment in Southwest Michigan for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities and expressions,” states the mission statement for OutFront Kalamazoo ... Kalamazoo Pride celebration will be virtual in June due to COVID-19 ... Pride & Joy.
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Robert Gordon Stickland

The Herald Palladium 30 May 2021
Born on Aug ... His career with Consumer’s moved him to Metro Detroit, Kalamazoo and Lansing before he retired the first time ... He and Dee were avid supporters of the Kalamazoo Symphony, Miller Auditorium and the Speakers Series of South Haven. Bob found joy and opportunity in everything he did – from his walks to the beach in Venice, Fla ... .
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Bee Joyful opens up shop in downtown Dexter

The Sun Times News 04 Apr 2021
From being an Etsy shop, to wholesaling and then into a small work space and eventually setting up its first shop in a zero waste, brick and mortar location in Kalamazoo, the Bee Joyful Shop has now taken its eco-friendly know-how to Dexter ... Bringing with it an upbeat spirit, Bee Joyful is a business with some simple yet important goals.
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Kalamazoo’s zero-waste shop expanding to second location in Ann Arbor area

Michigan Live 09 Feb 2021
KALAMAZOO, MI -- Bee Joyful Shop, downtown Kalamazoo’s zero-waste retail shop, has announced plans for second location about 100 miles east of its original store on the Kalamazoo Mall ... The Kalamazoo location of Bee Joyful Shop will continue operations 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.
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Breaking down Centreville football’s state championship matchup with Ubly

Michigan Live 21 Jan 2021
KALAMAZOO, MI - The final week of the 2020-21 high school football season is here, and for the first time since 2012, an 11-player team from the Kalamazoo area has reached Ford Field ... With opponent’s forfeit, Centreville football is ‘jumping for joy’ as it moves on to state championship.
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Breakfast selfies part of Centreville’s plan for football state finals prep

Michigan Live 21 Jan 2021
CENTREVILLE, MI - Sam Todd isn’t someone accustomed to taking pictures of his food and sharing the images with his friends or followers on social media ... kickoff ... MLive.com ... With opponent’s forfeit, Centreville football is ‘jumping for joy’ as it moves on to state championship. Kalamazoo Loy Norrix football coach Terry Farmer resigns after four seasons.
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COVID-19 vaccine is not a golden ticket to normalcy in Michigan schools - yet

Michigan Live 27 Dec 2020
Gayla Clark, a third grade teacher at Prairie Ridge Elementary School in Kalamazoo, said she will get the vaccine as soon as possible to protect herself, her family and her students ... Vaccination clinic for police, frontline workers brings ‘joy and hope’ to Kalamazoo.
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2020 in photos: Stories of conflict, loss and hope in the Kalamazoo area

Michigan Live 25 Dec 2020
KALAMAZOO, MI -- Heading into 2020, the world seemed much the same as it had in 2019 ... Nine months later, Kalamazoo County has confirmed more than 10,000 local residents got the virus, and about 200 have died from it ... Plungers dive in for Special Olympics in Kalamazoo ... Vaccination clinic for police, frontline workers brings ‘joy and hope’ to Kalamazoo.
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Kalamazoo Public Schools receives $1M grant for social, emotional learning

Michigan Live 24 Dec 2020
KALAMAZOO, MI -- Kalamazoo Public Schools received a $1 million grant for social and emotional learning initiatives ... 17 ... Related ... The Stryker Johnston Foundation invests in efforts working towards the elimination of intergenerational poverty in Kalamazoo County ... Vaccination clinic for police, frontline workers brings ‘joy and hope’ to Kalamazoo ... .
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