The Kalamazoo (Mich.) Gazette has purchased The South County Commercial-Express, a weekly newspaper in Vicksburg, Mich., which serves Kalamazoo County's four southernmost townships.

The Commercial-Express, which is a combination of the former Vicksburg Commercial and the Schoolcraft Express, will operate with its current name remaining.

Tom Haroldson, a Gazette staff writer and the editor of the weekly Portage Gazette, was appointed as editor.

The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

The Commercial-Express has been published since 1879 in various forms. It will be delivered by carrier every Monday, rather than by mail on Thursday.