WMU announces Tuesday shutdown as Michigan faces winter weather advisories, lake effect snow and subzero wind chills.

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Scientists at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine (WMed) have made a “groundbreaking” discovery. A team led by Dr. Erik Larson, vice chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences, has uncovered the cause of a common kidney disease after eight years of research, a news release from WMed said.

Health Alliance Plan (HAP) expands its Michigan network, adding 15 hospitals and 1,300 providers in Lansing and Traverse City.

Police were called at 7:15 a.m. Jan. 22 to the Michigan Medicine Pavilion construction site on East Ann Street in Ann Arbor for a report of a stabbing, according to the University of Michigan Division of Public Safety and Security.

A Kalamazoo man will go to prison on a federal possession charge involving fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine.

Quinn Preston scored two goals and added five assists for seven points in three games last week for the K-Wings.

The Bulls are 6-2 in MAC play. Buffalo leads the MAC scoring 76.3 points per game while shooting 44.7%. Western Michigan makes 39.5% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.9 percentage points higher than Buffalo has allowed to its opponents (36.

The Kalamazoo (Michigan) school board has approved a $41.5 million plan to build a new elementary school in Kalamazoo Township. The Kalamazoo Gazette reports that when construction is complete, the campus will become the new home for El Sol Elementary School.

Salomonson believes that WMU’s collaborative culture and commitment to continuous improvement will help build on its recent success, including its first enrollment increase in a decade in the second most competitive market in the nation, and record student retention and six-year graduation rates.

A team of researchers at Western Michigan University's Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine has made a monumental breakthrough in understanding a deadly and incurable kidney disease.

Two defending state champs, 12 state-ranked squads, and more than 20 Division-I recruits will arrive in Grand Rapids over the next two weekends as part of the 2K25 Showcase at Aquinas College. The 11th installment of the event features 10 games across two weekends,

A research team at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine has made a significant discovery.