Leona Larson
ReporterLeona Larson (Gould-McElhone) was a complaint investigator with the Detroit Consumer Affairs Department when she started producing and co-hosting Consumer Conversation with Esther Shapiro for WXYT-Radio in Detroit while freelancing at The Detroit News and other local newspapers. Leona joined WDIV-TV in Detroit as a special project's producer and later, as an investigative producer. Today, she splits her time as a general assignment reporter at WMUK and a part-time journalism instructor for the School of Communications at Western Michigan University. Leona prefers to use her middle name on air because it's shorter and easier to pronounce.
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The City of Kalamazoo’s Environmental Concerns Committee pressed state health officials Wednesday on when they’ll finish an air pollution assessment. -
There’s federal money to build wildlife bridges and crossings here. Is Michigan going to apply?
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Michigan Democrats will control the state legislature for the first time in almost 40 years.
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Michigan’s new 4th Congressional District could have been a litmus test for independent redistricting. So why isn't it?
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A grassroots campaign started two decades ago successfully challenged the coal industry. One professor said it could provide a model for climate activists.
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The Michigan Attorney General and Kalamazoo Prosecutor announced today that the Fabius Township Supervisor has been charged with four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
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Previously unknown court records stored in a salt mine rocked the world of medieval studies last week.
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A Battle Creek soldier killed in World War II came home to his final resting place Monday. His family reflected on his influence and his sacrifice.
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A new study found global wildlife declined by more than two-thirds between 1970 and 2018. The report says people need to act to reverse the trend.
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Scores of people turned out for a Paw Paw Public Schools Board of Education meeting. The majority were there to protest the removal of rainbow flags from classrooms, and the cutting of a mental health curriculum.
