Gordon Evans

News Reporter/Producer

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.

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Farm bankruptcies
10:03 am
Tue March 19, 2013

Decatur farm bankruptcy serves as warning about rising prices

Credit The Associated Press
Blueberry farm in Saugatuck Township - file photo

A new report calls the bankruptcy of Stamp Farms in Decatur (Mlive Kalamazoo story) a warning about rising prices for farmland and rising debt. 

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8:15 am
Tue March 19, 2013

Vicksburg hires consultant to help with accounting practices

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Portage man will work part-time with village on finances
  • Source: Mlive
  • | Via: Kalamazoo Gazette
VICKSBURG, MI - A Portage man with several years of accounting experience with area agencies and groups has been hired to straighten out the financial practices of the village of Vicksburg. Richard A. Dykstra was hired Monday by the Vicksburg Village Council as a part-time accountant and consultant.
6:43 am
Tue March 19, 2013

Saint Joseph City Manager may leave earlier than expected

Lead in text: 
Frank Walsh had planned to leave in August, but is now in line for job managing Lansing-area township.
ST. JOSEPH - It looks like there won't be one more endless St. Joseph summer for City Manager Frank Walsh.
6:37 am
Tue March 19, 2013

Battle Creek meeting on crime numbers and police department

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Commissioners and residents debate rankings which show high crime rate in Battle Creek. Discussion of police department gets heated.
For more than two hours Monday the Battle Creek City Commission and 100 residents talked about crime and the police department. "I think we got a lot of issues on the table and sometimes you have to do that," Mayor Susan Baldwin said after adjournment. "We heard different sides and concerns."
6:31 am
Tue March 19, 2013

Palisades owner says plant is safe.

Lead in text: 
Entergy Vice President says company is committed to operating plant near South Haven "at highest levels of safety and reliability."
  • Source: Mlive
  • | Via: Kalamazoo Gazette
KALAMAZOO, MI - Entergy Corp., which owns Palisades nuclear power plant, said that the facility is "safe and secure," a day ahead of a webinar by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. "The Palisades nuclear plant is a safe and secure facility, and we have an NRC license to operate this facility through 2031," said Tony Vitale, site vice president for Palisades, in a statement.

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