Kalamazoo river

With a heat advisory in effect for West Michigan, why haven't Michiganders ever considering going tanking down river like they do in Nebraska?

Kalamazoo native Ryan Hurd is set to perform a benefit show to save Lake Allegan on August 19, 2023 at the Griswold Auditorium. Hurd is a Nashville recording artist who is married to Maren Morris.

It's been more than a decade, and still crews are monitoring the water in the Kalamazoo River.

At only 1,500 feet long this river in northern Michigan is considered to be the shortest in the state. Conversely, the Grand River is the longest at 252 miles.

This piqued my interest and as i went west a few more feet, I saw cranes and other construction machinery making me wonder what is going on with the park.

Just days after releasing nearly 2,000 gallons of releasing industrial waste into the Kalamazoo River, the Michigan EGLE announces Graphic Packaging has been fined.

Often referred to as the "Island City" the City of Plainwell is home to nearly 3,800 residents.

For years residents of Kalamazoo, Michigan's northside neighborhood have battled foul odors from nearby Graphic Packaging. The latest plans to lessen smells has stalled.

Michigan's largest indoor ropes course, Allegan Event, along with the City of Allegan announces the upcoming removal of the zipline from the Kalamazoo River boardwalk. New additions to the ropes course are coming soon.

The spill was one of the largest inland oil spills in US history at the time, dumping nearly a million gallons of "dilbit" into the Kalamazoo River, and affecting almost 35 miles of river.