Kalamazoo Mayor David Anderson tested positive for COVID-19, the City of Kalamazoo announced in a press release.

The Western Michigan University College Democrats reacted to the Capitol riot Jan. 6 where rioters breached Capitol security and broke into the offices of elected officials and the senate floor. 

Sindecuse Health Center and the Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services is collecting the names of faculty, staff and students who are eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Phase 1A according to an email from the health center.

The Western Michigan University Department of Public Safety has asked Housing and Residence Life to remind all residents to secure vehicles by locking all doors when parking their car. 

As the start of a new semester approaches and as Western Michigan University students return to campus, Sindecuse Health Center has announced a new mass COVID-19 testing event in an email to students, faculty and staff.

Sindecuse Health Center will be honoring the 'unused' asymptomatic, no exposure COVID-19 test offer from last semester for those who seek screening tests, said Joe VanDerBos, patient experience director at Sindecuse.

Events to honor Martin Luther King Jr. will be held virtually by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion this year due to COVID-19, according to a press release from Western Michigan University.

Western Michigan University will resume classes virtually Jan. 11 and return to in-person, as indicated on class schedules, beginning Jan. 19, due to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services revised emergency order. 

The WMU Bookstore will not have in-person shopping for textbooks due to COVID-19 safety precautions, according to an email from the Office of Marketing and Strategic Communications.

When the spring semester begins at Western Michigan University, all classes will be held virtually to prevent the exposure and spread of COVID-19 when returning from the holiday, according to an email from President Edward Montgomery to the WMU community Dec. 18.

Kalamazoo Public Safety officers responded to the 1300 block of Fox Ridge Drive regarding a report of gunshots fired inside a building, Jan. 1 at approximately 4:02 p.m.