Kalamazoo River

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.

It is hard to believe that a mess could be so bad that an event aimed to help clean up the mess has to be canceled

How would you like to view Allegan amongst the clouds?

Are you getting the creepy crawlies just looking at this?

Is West Michigan Having Its Own Water Crisis? The communities of Mendon, Allegan, and Coldwater have recently struggled with water quality issues over the last several months drawing comparisons to the Flint Water Crisis.

Nearly 370 thousand cubic feet of sludge were released into the river in 2019 during what the company called emergency repairs to the dam at Morrow Lake