Audrey Whitaker
yerduaw.bsky.social
Audrey Whitaker
@yerduaw.bsky.social
Covering local government for MLive in Kalamazoo, Michigan
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What's your favorite beach town in SWMI? (No I won't ask you to name your favorite secret beach!)

4 things to know about $5K relocation incentive to Southwest Michigan, including beach towns

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Reporter @yerduaw.bsky.social draws a line in the sand #travel #tourism #MI
4 things to know about $5K relocation incentive to Southwest Michigan, including beach towns
More than 700 people have applied so far for the first-time homebuyers program, officials said. Not all of them will make the move.
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August 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Me: I'll be late today.

Work: Salamanders again?
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Salamander migration will close part of scenic U.P. drive
The small, slow-moving salamanders leave the forest to lay eggs in the park's wetland area.
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March 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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“She could have just gone inward. Instead she she went outward and said no one should have to suffer like this.”
Mary Zack was 43 when she died.
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Activist who fought hometown’s toxins dies at 43. But her fight for justice continues.
Her experience with ovarian cancer turned her into an advocate, battling a generational environmental health crisis in her hometown.
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March 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Kalamazoo plans to study removing downtown railroad tracks
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Kalamazoo plans to study removing downtown railroad tracks
The city has $2.57 million in federal funding to plan the removal of the train tracks.
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January 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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This project has been in the works for a while - cool to see inside the completed homes:

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December 13, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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Kalamazoo may try only closing a couple blocks at a time for a future construction project on Kalamazoo Ave so local businesses won’t face as many negative impacts on sales.

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Westnedge reopens: What Kalamazoo learned from $10M, 9-month construction project
Take a smooth ride across the new Westnedge Avenue pavement in this timelapse video.
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December 14, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Good morning from above downtown Kzoo ❄️☃️
December 5, 2024 at 2:27 PM
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MLive survey: Is it hard to find affordable housing in Kalamazoo County?
Tell us: Is it hard to find reasonably priced housing in Kalamazoo County?
Fill out the survey in the story to share your experience.
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November 26, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Sometimes I get to flex my environmental studies degree and write about cow poop, much to everyone's delight: www.mlive.com/news/kalamaz...
From gross to gas: A Kalamazoo-area farm’s new plan for its 350K pounds of poop a day
A dairy farm in Kalamazoo County produces about 60,000 tons of manure a year. It's about to be put to good use.
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November 26, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Finally, an account unmarred by Vampire Weekend stan posts from 2014.
November 26, 2024 at 1:06 AM