Farmers around southwest Michigan are wrapping up strawberry season and ramping up for a berry nice blueberry season! We are so lucky to have an abundance of the freshest selection of fruit right in our backyard. According to local farmers, blueberries will hit their...
There's no other way to scoop it, summertime is ice cream time. Whether you're heading back from the beach or wandering around a farmers market, a sweet treat is sure to be the cure for the heat, especially today to National Cool Pop Day. While outdoor activities are...
With relationships at the core of the Boys and Girls Club organization, social distancing protocols encouraged the club to become innovative with their programming, staff, and resources in ways that will have long term benefits. “The biggest message that we had to...
Michigan has a rich history of black music that predates the widely known Motown hits. While Detroit may be home to some incredible musicians including Aretha Franklin, Jackie Wilson, and Stevie Wonder, in Kalamazoo we get to celebrate The Velvelettes, among many...
In case you missed National Eat Your Vegetables Day on Wednesday, you have a field of opportunity to get your hands on fresh local produce at any of our regional farmers markets. On Wednesday, we shared about the flourishing agriculture industry in our state, so it...
Family business, Golden Needle Tailor Shop has called Kalamazoo home since 1971. Over the past almost 50 years, the Fahs father-son duo has hemmed graduation gowns, perfected wedding dresses, and recently stepped up to create PPE for local hospitals. While they have...
On a normal spring day, people can stroll around the Kalamazoo Mall to window shop, enjoy lunch, and appreciate the Kalamazoo community. Spring of 2020 has been a little different than past years with shops and restaurants closed and many of the windows boarded up....
The month of June is National Camping Month! Whether it’s from a tent, hammock, RV, trailer, or cabin, our region is the perfect place to enjoy the great outdoors and explore the natural beauty of our state. The good news is that, here in Southwest Michigan, you don’t...
The team at FIRST & 42 struggles to find the right inspiration for you today, during this period of adversity and pain abound in our community and the world at large. We are at a crossroads where the options presented to us are either to continue down the...
Did you know that in Michigan you’re never more than six miles from an inland lake or more than 85 miles from one of the HOMES, a.k.a. Great Lakes? With more than 11,000 inland lakes, there are so many beautiful bodies of water to explore and enjoy. This must be why...
