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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A group that advocates for farmworkers in Michigan celebrated its five-year anniversary at the end of last month. But not a single farmworker came to the UFW Foundation’s event. -
An organization representing teachers at the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency says KRESA is dragging its heels on a contract, which the agency denies. -
Students returning to Western Michigan University may have noticed that Waldo Library’s clock is missing its hands, but they may soon return after being removed in May. -
Renewable-energy advocates say utilities have too much influence over the officials that regulate them, and that a proposed ballot measure could help change that. -
The Western Michigan University Office for Sustainability hopes to keep items out of the landfill by giving them to students who need them. -
More than three years after it was decommissioned, the Palisades Nuclear Plant has returned to operational status, but there's still more to be done. -
It's the first confirmed citing of the rare species in Kalamazoo County since 1975. -
Sanders will bring the tour to Miller Auditorium on Saturday, August 23. -
State lawmakers have yet to pass a budget that would fund Michigan's free meal program, but the state superintendent is urging districts to providing them this fall. -
AFSCME members will see pay raises under the new contract, which was approved during a special meeting of the Board.
