Good morning, Kalamazoo.

Trick-or-treating will take place Saturday, Oct.

31, with set hours in Three Rivers 5-7 p.m.; Vicksburg, Galesburg, Mattawan, and Schoolcraft 5-8 p.m.; Otsego will hold its Trail for Treaters downtown Friday, Oct. 30, from 4-6 p.m.

Fans toured the new $515 million Kalamazoo Event Center Wednesday, Oct.

28 at the KEC Preview Center, 444 W. Michigan Ave., testing seats, seeing a 3D arena tour, and placing 10% deposits to reserve about 700 premium K-Wings seats for the 2027-28 season.

Jim VandenBerg, former Maple Hill Auto Group general manager, was nominated by the Michigan Auto Dealers Association for the 2027 TIME Dealer of the Year award and will be honored with 47 other nominees at the NADA show in Orlando on Feb.

19, 2027 (48 total nominees).

WMU's Board of Trustees will vote today at noon in the WMU Student Center on transferring stewardship of Asylum Lake Preserve to Kalamazoo County and on pursuing state legislation to transfer ownership, with the move subject to conservation and statutory restrictions.

Paw Paw and Kalamazoo Christian each scored eight goals Tuesday to win regional semifinals and advance to Thursday's regional championship games; Paw Paw faces Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian at 6 p.m. at Fennville, and Kalamazoo Christian meets Grandville Calvin Christian at 6 p.m. at Portage Central.

MLive is asking readers to pick Michigan’s top junior girls golfer from 52 nominees, with nominations open until today and online voting open to subscribers through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Nov.

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MLive launched its Fall Sports Stars poll to name Michigan's Top Junior in high school football; readers can cast votes through 10 p.m. Sunday, Nov.

1, and local players such as Kalamazoo United’s Colt Brierly are among the nominees.