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A 29-year-old man died Tuesday night after a two vehicle accident in Cooper Township.

A $1 Million dollar grant has been awarded for western Michigan to study the long term health affects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS.

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality confirmed Thursday that extremely high levels of PFAS have been confirmed in a landfill that was formerly used by the paper mill that operated in Parchment for decades.

It looks like the chemical contamination problem in Parchment’s water system could be improving.

It has been more than two weeks since residents and city officials were told the City of Parchment water and some wells in Cooper Township were contaminated with PFAS. Testing on surface water for the Kalamazoo River took place this week.

Governor Rick Snyder visited the City of Parchment on Sunday, exactly one week after a state of disaster was declared due to PFAS water contamination.

The community was seeking answers from officials and a lot of those answers were simply just not available.

This is meant to be a temporary solution so PFAS can be flushed from Parchment’s system, but there is a possibility it will become a permanent fix.

Less than 24 hours after Kalamazoo County formally declared a state of emergency following the discovery of PFAS in the City of Parchment's drinking water system, the State of Michigan has agreed to the designation.

The City of Parchment and some areas of Cooper Township in Kalamazoo County have tested positive for what the State of Michigan has designated as unsafe levels of PFAS.