Good morning, Kalamazoo.

West Main Street is closed at Catherine Street for a broken water main, and the city says the closure will last about a week with access to homes and businesses maintained (detour: Solon, Howard, Stadium Drive).

Portage-based Jeannie Cleaning acquired South Haven’s Calico Cleaning, which operated for 17 years, and the companies began integrating in May; they now operate under the Jeannie Cleaning name and will expand service along the West and Southwest Michigan lakeshore (including Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids metros).

Kalamazoo Public Schools held an attendance and discipline meeting Thursday night and said it will try to cut the district absence rate by more than 12% by directly engaging families + continuing meetings to review discipline for minor and major offenses.

MLive is asking readers to pick Michigan’s top junior girls volleyball player from 83 nominees, including Kalamazoo Hackett’s Lucy Young; vote in the poll at the end of the story through 10 a.m. on Monday, Nov.

2, and the winner will be announced later that week.