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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Calhoun County has a diabetes problem, in the top quarter of death rates in the state. But there are those who are trying to help. -
Wildlife officials hope genetic tests will help reveal how invasive crayfish got to a state fish hatchery in Mattawan. -
Residents of a South Bend mobile home park braced for a ban this summer on window-unit air conditioners. It’s been delayed, but a Kalamazoo County mobile home park owned by the same company does ban window unit ACs. -
Kalamazoo County residents may see a helicopter towing an antenna this week, as the City of Kalamazoo conducts a groundwater survey. -
The agency said it will investigate two scholarships at Western Michigan University for possible civil rights violations. -
A Battle Creek-based senior living facility will show off its self-sustaining greenhouse this Thursday. -
Nurses at a Three Rivers Beacon Health hospital will see raises and increased retirement contributions under a new contract. -
The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts is hosting a screening of "Bodewadmi Ndaw" Thursday, which covers the near death and current revitalization of the Potawatomi language. -
Public employee union AFSCME addressed 4th District Representative Bill Huizenga’s support for the Republicans’ new budget law. -
Kalamazoo resident Chris Seck has driven past it quite a few times, intrigued as to what it could be.
