Michael Symonds
WMUK reporterReport for America national service program corps member Michael Symonds joined WMUK’s staff in 2023. He covers the “rural meets metro” beat, reporting stories that link seemingly disparate parts of Southwest Michigan. He started his journalistic career at Western Michigan University’s student newspaper, the Western Herald. He was also a news intern at WMUK and hosted the talk show “Stupid Questions” on WIDR-FM, where he interviewed guests from political experts to student leaders. Michael is a graduate of WMU with a B.A. in Journalism and Digital Media.
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The advisory was issued on Saturday after a city water sample tested positive for E. coli.
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Michael and William Null were acquitted of charges related to the kidnapping in 2023. Their lawsuit claims violations of their constitutional and civil rights during the investigation. -
The event will feature members of a local group playing six notable Kalamazooans buried at Mountain Home Cemetery. -
The ruling reverses a previous order issued by a different judge earlier in September. -
A Bangor manufacturing plant worker heard the name was a joke, but wondered if that was true. -
The order comes after a group of members removed the People's Food Coop's Board of Directors Friday.
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The plant's owners, Holtec International, began the process on Monday. This comes as Holtec seeks to restart it early next year. -
The traveling exhibit features local youth recreating historical 20th century photos of Black women with their cars. -
The union representing library aides and hourly workers said the Kalamazoo Public Library isn't working with it to significantly increases hourly wages. KPL says fair wages are one of its goals. -
The ownership transfer agreement WMU signed in 1998 has historic preservation covenants that may complicate the university's plans for the building.
