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Interviews with news makers and discussion of topics important to Southwest Michigan. Subscribe to the podcast through Apple itunes and Google. Segments of interview are heard in WestSouthwest Brief during Morning Edition and All Things Considered

WestSouthwest May 4, 2015

WMU Archives and Regional Collections

On WestSouthwest, log books offer a glimpse into the history of South Haven, its lighthouse and the man who ran it. And an interview with Michigan State Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein ahead of his address Friday in Kalamazoo. 

  

Technicians at Western Michigan University 's Libraries are converting log books from the South Haven Lighthouse into a digital format. We hear what those records tell us the 1870s when the records were written and the man who ran the lighthouse. 

Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein is the featured speaker for the annual "Law Day" luncheon in Kalamazoo on Friday. He was elected to the state's highest court in November. The "Blind Justice" discusses opportunities for people with disabilities and the financing of judicial elections.  

Gordon Evans became WMUK's Content Director in 2019 after more than 20 years as an anchor, host and reporter. A 1990 graduate of Michigan State, he began work at WMUK in 1996.
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