WMUK's Morning Edition anchor, Gordon Evans is also an accomplished reporter and interviewer. A 1990 graduate of Michigan State, he came to WMUK from WAAM in Ann Arbor.
KALAMAZOO, MI -- Public opinion weighed heavily in deciding whether to put a $62 million bond issue on the May 7 ballot and how the money would be used, officials at Kalamazoo Public Schools said Wednesday.
As the last American woman to win the Boston Marathon, Battle Creek's Lisa Larsen-Rainsberger knows what it is like to cross the finish line at that race. What she can't imagine is the horror at the finish line of that race after bombs went off on Monday at the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring hundreds more.
PORTAGE, MI -- Joanne Willson, a trustee on the Portage Public Schools Board of Education, says she is concerned that the public interviews for Greg Gray, the sole finalist for Portage superintendent, have limited opportunity for public input. Gray is scheduled for a public interview at 6:30 p.m.
Michigan's unemployment rate took a healthy drop in March to 8.5%, down three-tenths of a percentage point as the state's labor force expanded slightly. More new workers were recorded than unemployed people, meaning the drop was due to actual gains in employment, not simply discouraged workers leaving the workforce, according to the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget.
Steve Skalka, assistant superintendent for human resources in Lakeview School District and a former Lakeview High School principal, is one of two finalists for the top job in East China
