Aya Miller

After a dozen surgeries, avid biker Jeffrey "JJ" Lillard Jr. died from a brain bleed the week after he was hit by a car in Kalamazoo.

Michigan's Best Local Eats: The restaurant’s green roof, orange paneling and ornate red doors stand out on the quiet lakefront business strip.

An art teacher in Kalamazoo has a new classroom that helps students unplug.

The school is considered a transition building, as students are moved there when their home school is closed for renovations.

See current photos from the areas most devastated by the May 7 Portage tornado.

The move comes as the professor's union is threatening to strike amid tense pay negotiations with the university.

Western Michigan University Provost Julian Vasquez-Heilig attributes the modest increase to a “thrive” mentality at the university.

The $3.5 million renovation was done in time for WMU's first home football game of the season.

Just a few weeks after celebrating with friends and family at her "farewell party," Millie Lambert died from cancer at the age of 75.

A search for the Western Michigan University's next president will begin this fall