Voting took place throughout Michigan yesterday. In Kalamazoo, voters approved the renewal of the school millage.

The millage renewal passed 74% to 26%.

Click here to see additional election results from around West Michigan.

Two film students at Western Michigan University are about to find out what it's like to have their work broadcast on CNN and singled out for honors by an international team of journalists.

Cassandra Stagner a sophomore from Troy, Mich., and Wil Granaderos, a sophomore from Portage, Mich., have won a national collegiate film contest sponsored by CNN, Reporters Without Borders USA and the Ford Foundation. They will be flown to New York next week to see their work showcased Thursday, May 3, for World Press Freedom Day.

The pair created an original video public service announcement to enter in the "For Press Freedom" contest, a nationwide competition challenging university students to produce video PSAs on the topic. The two WMU students are film, video and media studies majors. They learned early this month they were among five national finalists in the contest.

Acting at their April 19 meeting, Western Michigan University's Board of Trustees approved a 2 percent increase on residence hall room-and-board rates and rental rates for most campus apartments. The increase is effective with the start of the fall 2012 semester.

The new rates mean that a new student living in a campus residence hall and subscribing to the mid-level 15-meal plan will pay $8,206 for the academic year--up $161 over the 2011-12 rate. Students opting for the 10-meal or unlimited meal plans will pay $7,724 or $8,414, respectively.

The rate increase will not affect current students returning to traditional campus residence halls. As part of the Western Edge, WMU's Residence Hall and Dining Advantage program will continue to ensure that food and housing rates will remain the same for four consecutive years. The program has saved families $1.5 million since its inception in 2008.