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.
A Battle Creek police officer was arraigned Tuesday on two misdemeanor charges after investigators alleged she was intoxicated while working. Jennifer Appl, 26, appeared before Calhoun County District Court Judge Holmes shortly after 9 a.m. Holmes told her she is charged with driving under the influence of liquor and possession of a firearm while intoxicated.
LANSING -- Gov. Rick Snyder got a polite reception at a conference of municipal leaders Tuesday, despite unhappiness about state funding cuts that have squeezed the ability of Michigan cities to provide basic services.
PORTAGE, MI - The proposed 2013-14 Portage city budget calls for a slight decrease in the average resident's tax bill, but also the discontinuation of some longtime parks and summer entertainment programs. Portage City Manager Maurice Evans presented a brief overview of the proposed city budget blueprint to the Portage City Council Tuesday night, calling it a "conservative approach" that still maintains the core services of police, fire and public works.
Toxic chemicals clinging to plastics could cause health problems for fish and other organisms in the Great Lakes. They were discovered in samples from the first-ever Great Lakes plastic survey in Lake Erie, Lake Huron and Lake Superior last summer, Lorena Rios Mendoza, an assistant chemistry professor at the University of Wisconsin - Superior, announced Monday.
The owner of the Ambassador Bridge has filed a lawsuit against a number of federal officials -- the U.S. secretaries of state, transportation and homeland security among them -- and the Canadian government as the company tries to block the building of a rival Detroit River bridge, and force approval for its own second span to Windsor.
