Gordon Evans

News Reporter/Producer

WMUK's Morning Edition anchor, Gordon Evans is also an accomplished reporter and interviewer. A 1990 graduate of Michigan State, he came to WMUK from WAAM in Ann Arbor.

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7:15 am
Fri May 24, 2013

Jobless rates drop in most Michigan labor markets in April

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Michigan's unemployment rate was 8.2% last month
Calhoun County's jobless rate edged down in April while its employment remained flat, according to data released Thursday. The state's Bureau of Labor Market Information reported a 6.6 percent unemployment rate for the county, down from 6.8 percent in March. That number was 7.1 percent in April 2012.
Michigan education funding
6:53 am
Fri May 24, 2013

Report finds inflation, retirement costs eating up increases in education funding

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Kalamazoo school bus - file photo

  • Interview with Bob Schneider

A new report by the Citizens Research Council of Michigan finds that increases to K-12 spending in the state hasn't resulted in additional dollars in the classroom. 

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6:45 am
Fri May 24, 2013

Berrien County seeks grant to expand commercial shipping

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Officials say change would mean fewer dredging problems and allow vessels to reach port with larger cargoes
ST. JOSEPH - Berrien County is seeking a $10 million federal grant to expand the commercial shipping capacity of the St. Joseph River harbor.
6:20 am
Fri May 24, 2013

Superintendent of Livingston Intermediate School District offered contract to lead KRESA

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Kalamazoo Regional Education Service Agency is comprised of nine school districts which include all or part of Kalamazoo County
  • Source: Mlive
  • | Via: Kalamazoo Gazette
PORTAGE, MI - David Campbell, current superintendent of the Livingston Regional Education Service Agency and former head of Olivet Community Schools, has been offered a contract to become the next superintendent of the Kalamazoo RESA. The KRESA board voted 5-0 in favor of Campbell's appointment after an afternoon of public interviews with both finalists, including Curtis E.
10:19 pm
Thu May 23, 2013

Grand Rapids John Ball Zoo Society changes management stucture

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Zoo currently operates under partnership between zoo society and Kent County
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - John Ball Zoo Society members on Thursday approved an historic vote that moves the 122-year-old zoo toward reorganizing into a non-profit, public-private partnership.

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