Suffering from a dearth of Cactus Blossoms and Chicken Critters at your neighborhood eateries? Maybe not for much longer.

The Arcadia Creek Festival Place could get a major facelift with a preferred design plan presented to the Kalamazoo City Commission during Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting.

Nitrate levels in the Cedar River, which supplies drinking water for Cedar Rapids, have increased in recent days, but remain below the limit set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

CEDAR FALLS — There’s a chip on Daurice Fountain’s shoulder that’s about the size of Texas.