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      <title>One year after the May 7 tornado, Kalamazoo County is still rebuilding</title>
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      <description>Wednesday marks one year since a tornado ripped through Texas Township, Portage and Pavilion Township. Portage will mark the event with a ceremony.</description>
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      <title>Kalamazoo County completes its assessment of tornado damage; FEMA to survey the damage</title>
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      <description>The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be visiting Kalamazoo County to survey the damage from the May 7th tornado.</description>
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      <title>Kalamazoo County Fair holds animal auction for animals trained by youths in 4-H</title>
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      <description>Most of the Kalamazoo County Fair was canceled this year as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. But unlike last year, there was one event open to the public. Kids and youth in 4-H, a national non-profit organization, got to show their animals, from horses to rabbits, at the fairgrounds this week and last at a livestock auction that ended Thursday, Aug 12.</description>
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      <title>Kalamazoo to offer program to help those impacted by racial trauma</title>
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      <description>A new program aims to help people of color in Kalamazoo County who've experienced race-based trauma. The Black and Brown Therapy Collective puts victims…</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2021 21:33:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Andrew Robins</dc:creator>
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      <title>Scientists are looking to learn about how PFAS effects the human body</title>
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      <description>People exposed to PFAS in their drinking water can help scientists learn more about how the toxic chemicals affect the human body.That’s the message from…</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2020 21:35:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New report shows rise in high school e-cigarette use, fall in abuse of other substances</title>
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      <description>A new report on substance abuse in Kalamazoo County has mixed news. It says that fewer teens are using alcohol, marijuana, and regular tobacco products.…</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2019 22:10:16 GMT</pubDate>
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