Kalamazoo News Archivehttp://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/Community, Education & Government News, Blogs, Photos & Videos.enThu, 04 Sep 2008 11:22:59 PDTMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advance http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/noCommunity, Education & Government News, Blogs, Photos & Videos.kzgazettehttp://feedburner.google.comWe've moved! Update your bookmarks and RSS feeds for breaking newshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette/~3/SlXV7CPb0XY/weve_moved_update_your_bookmar.htmlBreaking News18819909119909373108199087199089Anne Holcomb | Special to the Kalamazoo GazetteThu, 04 Sep 2008 11:22:59 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/kzgazette//880.1396594 ]]>IMPORTANT LINKS • New link to subscribe to the Gazette's Breaking News RSS feed • New link for our breaking news page • Links to articles older than 8/26/08 The Gazette and MLive.com are happy to present you with our...http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/09/weve_moved_update_your_bookmar.htmlIn the next 24: Trumpet benefit; barbecue how-tohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette/~3/wfXBmLxmnAg/in_the_next_24_trumpet_benefit.htmlBreaking NewsAlyssa Owens | Kalamazoo GazetteTue, 26 Aug 2008 09:17:43 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/kzgazette//880.1336806 ]]>MUSIC FOR A CAUSE: Rich and Brandon Ridenour, the father/son piano and trumpet team, will perform a benefit for the Kalamazoo Junior Symphony at 7 and 9 p.m. Wednesday at Rohwer's Music Barn, 6024 Texas Drive, Texas Township. $20. MEET...http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/08/in_the_next_24_trumpet_benefit.htmlWasting disease detected in a white-tailed deer in Kent Countyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette/~3/vkz5RhIKqBw/wasting_disease_detected_in_a.htmlTop Stories192249334797627192248627571441681103381892319225319225175995Sarah Crone | Kalamazoo GazetteTue, 26 Aug 2008 10:40:24 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/kzgazette//880.1336859 All 600 deer breeding and hunting facilities in the state received quarantine notices Monday banning the movement of all privately owned deer, elk and moose after Michigan's first case of chronic wasting disease was confirmed in Kent County.
]]> All 600 deer breeding and hunting facilities in the state received quarantine notices Monday banning the movement of all privately owned deer, elk and moose after Michigan's first case of chronic wasting disease was confirmed in Kent County.http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/08/wasting_disease_detected_in_a.htmlVital statistics: Births and deaths in Southwest Michiganhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette/~3/mqGa23cFF4g/vitals_statistics_8.htmlBreaking NewsVital Statistics8868426791192245Alyssa Owens | Kalamazoo GazetteTue, 26 Aug 2008 08:09:34 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/kzgazette//880.1336786 ]]>Here are the vital statistics for Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008....http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/08/vitals_statistics_8.htmlCalista Springer's adoptive mother enters plea in fire deathhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette/~3/fcGrhSGh1BM/calista_springers_adoptive_mot.htmlTop Stories8717388186148233451557787175309722147888189Anne Holcomb | Special to the Kalamazoo GazetteTue, 26 Aug 2008 07:08:36 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/kzgazette//880.1336826 The adoptive mother of a 16-year-old girl who died in a house fire while chained to her bed has pleaded no contest to child abuse/neglect charges. Related stories • Former Springer home in Centreville set for demolition • Losing Calista Springer hurt whole Centreville community, her friends say
]]> The adoptive mother of a 16-year-old girl who died in a house fire while chained to her bed has pleaded no contest to child abuse/neglect charges. Related stories • Former Springer home in Centreville set for demolition • Losing Calista Springer hurt whole Centreville community, her friends say http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/08/calista_springers_adoptive_mot.htmlFire in Big Bend Apartments on Gull Road in Kalamazoo Township displaces families from 8 unitshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette/~3/kIs5YPrPElc/fire_in_big_bend_apartments_on.htmlTop Photos60116540126989122881Mickey Ciokajlo | Kalamazoo GazetteTue, 26 Aug 2008 07:16:56 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/kzgazette//880.1334688 ]]>A fireball engulfs Building N of Big Bend Apartments, 2220 Gull Road in Kalamazoo Township. Firefighters responded to the call at about 3:30 Monday afternoon. This eight-unit apartment building was severely damaged in the blaze. Photo courtesy of Ephraim McNair.http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/08/fire_in_big_bend_apartments_on.htmlWoman hit by car on East Michigan Avenue in downtown Kalamazoohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette/~3/s3gkXh5AEbE/woman_hit_by_car_on_east_michi.htmlBreaking News125394958331541299415Mickey Ciokajlo | Kalamazoo GazetteTue, 26 Aug 2008 06:44:24 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/kzgazette//880.1334212 ]]>KALAMAZOO -- A woman was injured Monday when she was hit by a car on East Michigan Avenue in downtown Kalamazoo....http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/08/woman_hit_by_car_on_east_michi.htmlKalamazoo County authority to seek four-year transit tax in Novemberhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette/~3/FTxf8Pg7hEw/kalamazoo_the_kalamazoo_county.htmlBreaking NewsGovernment192002151995191999192001Mickey Ciokajlo | Kalamazoo GazetteTue, 26 Aug 2008 06:34:58 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/kzgazette//880.1334417 ]]>KALAMAZOO -- In what a local official called one of the "hottest issues" on the Nov. 4 ballot, the Kalamazoo County Transportation Authority is seeking a millage to pay for transit services for the next four years....http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/08/kalamazoo_the_kalamazoo_county.htmlGolf Ball Drop to aid United Way added to lineup of 2008 Wine and Harvest Festivalhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette/~3/PBAZysPhiPM/golf_ball_drop_to_aid_united_w.htmlBreaking NewsEvents64635201419222711179742020192225Anne Holcomb | Special to the Kalamazoo GazetteTue, 26 Aug 2008 05:55:24 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/kzgazette//880.1336561 ]]> PAW PAW -- A Golf Ball Drop to benefit United Way has been added to the lineup of the 2008 Wine and Harvest Festival, set for Sept. 5 to 7 in Paw Paw....http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/08/golf_ball_drop_to_aid_united_w.htmlCritter cuisine: Grand Rapids company will place 700-pound snack in the woodshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette/~3/C5_yvhmVTvQ/critter_cuisine_grand_rapids_c_1.htmlBreaking News1056019222152374430712264914970192219Anne Holcomb | Special to the Kalamazoo GazetteTue, 26 Aug 2008 05:47:43 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/kzgazette//880.1336540 ]]>IF YOU GO A 700-pound seed cake will be unveiled today at the Blandford Nature Center, 1715 Hillburn Drive NW, Grand Rapids. The seed cake is expected to last about three months. Click here for more information on the nature...http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/08/critter_cuisine_grand_rapids_c_1.htmlNew downtown Kalamazoo eatery opens in former Bogie's spacehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette/~3/pr41mIsN0cE/new_downtown_kalamazoo_eatery.htmlBreaking NewsBusiness129413680192216192215415501922141922121495Anne Holcomb | Special to the Kalamazoo GazetteTue, 26 Aug 2008 05:29:00 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/kzgazette//880.1336469 ]]> KALAMAZOO -- Downtown Kalamazoo's newest eatery, "Mangia, Mangia" opened for business Monday afternoon at 209 S. Kalamazoo Mall. Offering visitors an opportunity to sample authentic Italian cooking, owners Emilio and Maria Dacoba opened the new Italian restaurant with a...http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/08/new_downtown_kalamazoo_eatery.htmlDowntown Kalamazoo wine retailers will boost each other, owners sayhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette/~3/ONqmgaavRMw/downtown_kalamazoo_wine_retail_1.htmlBusinessTop Stories2356041551192196192195182619220019219851970Anne Holcomb | Special to the Kalamazoo GazetteTue, 26 Aug 2008 05:15:54 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/kzgazette//880.1336419 A second wine franchise, the Wine Loft, opened its doors Monday in downtown Kalamazoo. Owners of an existing wine retailer, Vintner's Cellar Winery, expect the two businesses to cooperate in attracting wine lovers to the area. • Read more about the wine retailers • Get more business news from the Gazette and Business Review Western Michigan
]]> A second wine franchise, the Wine Loft, opened its doors Monday in downtown Kalamazoo. Owners of an existing wine retailer, Vintner's Cellar Winery, expect the two businesses to cooperate in attracting wine lovers to the area. • Read more about the wine retailers • Get more business news from the Gazette and Business Review Western Michiganhttp://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/08/downtown_kalamazoo_wine_retail_1.htmlDelegates at Democratic National Convention in Denver promote their causes in hats, buttonshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette/~3/8DxltIZX-o4/delegates_at_democratic_nation.htmlElections StatewideTop Photos76652141682125589252215270796336Anne Holcomb | Special to the Kalamazoo GazetteTue, 26 Aug 2008 04:58:36 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/kzgazette//880.1336353More news from the DNC • MLive.com: Elections • DNC Diary • Youth journalists blog on MLive.com from the DNC
]]>Delegates at the Democratic National Convention, like Abby Dart, of Harbor Springs, MI, wore their issues on their heads on Monday. Dart had a friend fashion her Mackinac Bridge hat to show her support for Michigan's tourism industry. More news from the DNC • MLive.com: Elections • DNC Diary • Youth journalists blog on MLive.com from the DNC http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/08/delegates_at_democratic_nation.htmlWhat's happening Wednesday: 'Monarch Tagging'; cooking programhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette/~3/UgA0vwtaLx4/whats_happening_wednesday_mona.htmlBreaking NewsAlyssa Owens | Kalamazoo GazetteTue, 26 Aug 2008 02:02:38 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/kzgazette//880.1333059 ]]>Nature program in Kalamazoo The Kalamazoo Nature Center, 7000 N. Westnedge Ave., is hosting "Monarch Tagging." Participants may help biologists learn more about monarch butterflies and how they can help them migrate safely by catching, tagging and releasing monarchs. Children...http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/08/whats_happening_wednesday_mona.htmlCase of chronic-wasting disease in deer confirmed Monday in Kent Countyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette/~3/hslwp-KiFfU/case_of_chronicwasting_disease.htmlBreaking News19201519201619201718923Mickey Ciokajlo | Kalamazoo GazetteMon, 25 Aug 2008 14:58:47 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/kzgazette//880.1334620 ]]>LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan's first case of chronic wasting disease was confirmed Monday in a white-tailed deer from a privately owned facility in Kent County....http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/08/case_of_chronicwasting_disease.htmlWestern Michigan University health officials urge students to get bacterial meningitis shotshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette/~3/mXoaX8eMGk4/western_michigan_university_he.htmlTop StoriesAnne Holcomb | Special to the Kalamazoo GazetteMon, 25 Aug 2008 09:21:17 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/kzgazette//880.1332255 ]]>After a WMU freshman died of bacterial meningitis in April, university health officials saw interest rise in the vaccine used to prevent the potentially deadly illness. WMU's Sindecuse Health Center will offer meningitis and influenza vaccines during several clinics in October. http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/08/western_michigan_university_he.htmlIn the next 7: 'Hamlet 2'; All Crafts Fairhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette/~3/qvWY7vUGmTM/in_the_next_7_hamlet_2_all_cra.htmlBreaking NewsAlyssa Owens | Kalamazoo GazetteMon, 25 Aug 2008 09:57:27 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/kzgazette//880.1333027 ]]>WEDNESDAY 'Hamlet 2' hits the screen Shakespeare gets shaken up as a misguided drama teacher (Steve Coogan) writes and stages "Hamlet 2." The R-rated comedy opens at Rave Cityplace 14, Celebration! Crossroads and Lakeview Square Cinema in Battle Creek. THURSDAY...http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/08/in_the_next_7_hamlet_2_all_cra.htmlThis summer's weather creates cool conditions for a peachy crophttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette/~3/wKKxMdsoFvI/this_summers_weather_creates_c.htmlFoodTop Photos17564145991364583081238544094390481373583992510011Anne Holcomb | Special to the Kalamazoo GazetteMon, 25 Aug 2008 08:59:09 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/kzgazette//880.1332060Related content • Click here for peach recipes from epicurious.com • Kitchen can-do: Kalamazoo-area residents store fruits, vegetables for the winter
]]>Peaches, like these Coral Star peaches picked last week by Antonio Lopez, of Mattawan, are in season right now. Cool, dry weather has concentrated the fruit's sugars, and the sweet and colorful result makes it a vintage year for the fruit. Photo by Jill McLane Baker, Kalamazoo Gazette. Related content • Click here for peach recipes from epicurious.com • Kitchen can-do: Kalamazoo-area residents store fruits, vegetables for the winterhttp://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/08/this_summers_weather_creates_c.htmlVital statistics: Southwest Michigan births, deaths, and marriage licenseshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette/~3/O5OJNIyZQs4/vitals_statistics_7.htmlBreaking NewsVital Statistics8868426791191871Alyssa Owens | Kalamazoo GazetteMon, 25 Aug 2008 11:58:06 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/kzgazette//880.1333007 ]]>Here are the vital statistics for Monday, Aug. 25, 2008....http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/08/vitals_statistics_7.htmlMan unhurt after plane crashes into Allegan County cornfieldhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette/~3/YIG40vCSkrg/man_unhurt_after_plane_crashes.htmlAccidentBreaking News938541563176529770477Anne Holcomb | Special to the Kalamazoo GazetteMon, 25 Aug 2008 07:58:27 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/kzgazette//880.1332412 ]]>CLYDE TOWNSHIP -- An Indiana man escaped injury Sunday afternoon after his plane crash-landed into a field in Allegan County north of Pullman....http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/08/man_unhurt_after_plane_crashes.htmlnonadult