Cass County Parks and Rec has hired targeted grazing goats to maintain the lawn at Dr. T.K. Lawless Park. Here are goat herds you can hire in West Michigan.
Driving and finding a 'Road Closed' sign is almost always an aggravation. Now that means a detour, perhaps lengthy, to get where you're going. But there likely a good reason for the road to be closed, and quite a bit of trouble ahead if you attempt to circumvent the closure.
Kalamazoo wasn't the only area of Southwest Michigan dealing with flooding following a torrential overnight rain storm. A portion of M-60 in Cass County near Cassopolis was closed due to flooding (8/16/16).