Rebecca Thiele became the Arts & More producer for WMUK in 2011. Rebecca also assists the station with social media practices and occasionally anchors during All Things Considered. She is a proud graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
Due to heavy rains these past weeks, Grand Rapids beat its 104-year-old record for rainfall in the month of April. It surpassed rainfall in April 1909 by more than two inches.
GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- The Gerald R. Ford freeway exits to Market Avenue, closed during the recent record flood, are now open. The ramps are the latest to open among several announced today by the Michigan Department of Transportation. Water from the Grand River is receding at a rate of about one foot per day.
Have you ever heard the expression, “Too many cooks in the kitchen spoil the broth?” It means, when a bunch of people with differing opinions come together to work on a project, that project tends to fail. But in the case of the band Slim Gypsy Baggage, those different styles make for a pretty flavorful soup.
Two McDonalds franchises in the Detroit area advertised halal foods from September 2005 to January of this year. But Dearborn resident Ahmed Ahmed found out the chicken sandwich he bought was not halal—or cooked according to Islamic law.
DETROIT -- A judge is expected to finalize Wednesday a $700,000 settlement between McDonald's Corp. and members of Michigan's Muslim community over claims a suburban Detroit restaurant falsely advertised its food as prepared according to Islamic law.
The state was going to start offering online subscriptions to lottery games like Powerball and Mega Millions this year, but that’s only if a state House bill doesn’t ban online lottery tickets altogether.
LANSING, MI -- A bill introduced in the Michigan House would ban online lottery ticket sales, a service the state was planning to start offering this year. The state plans to begin selling online subscriptions for certain draw games such as Mega Millions and Powerball sometime this year.
KALAMAZOO, MI -- Excavation work is underway at the site of Western Michigan University's new medical school. The chilliest March in 15 years caused a few delays, said Christopher Pyzik, project manager for Western Michigan University. But the construction manager, Walbridge, has assured him the $68 million project at 300 Portage St.
