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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6:36 am
Mon March 25, 2013

Federal funds help in battle against blight in Battle Creek

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$12.2-million in federal grant money since 2009 has helped pay for demolishing 350 homes across the city
Melissa and Eric Gray are settling into their north side Battle Creek home thanks in large part to a government program that removed hundreds of rundown houses from city neighborhoods and fixed up dozens more for families like theirs.
6:26 am
Mon March 25, 2013

WMU hockey season ends, Broncos miss NCAA tournament

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Broncos made the NCAA tournament last two years, begin play in new National Collegiate Hockey Conference next season
  • Source: Mlive
  • | Via: Kalamazoo Gazette
KALAMAZOO, MI -- Western Michigan University will finish the season in the top 16 of the Pairwise rankings, but the Broncos will not be one of the 16 teams in the NCAA Tournament. The Broncos will be bumped out by Canisius College, which was not a Team Under Consideration in the Pairwise but claimed an automatic bid by winning the Atlantic Hockey Association Tournament on Saturday.
Water main break
6:20 am
Mon March 25, 2013

Loy Norrix High School closed due to water main break

Credit WMUK

Kalamazoo Public Schools reports that Loy Norrix High School is closed Monday because of a water main break. 

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WMU Student Media
10:19 am
Fri March 22, 2013

WMU students to vote on fee for student media

Credit Save Student Media at WMU
WIDR student volunteers

  • Interview with Monica Rodriguez and Erin Gignac

The leaders of Western Michigan University's student-run media organizations are hoping that students will support a fee to pay for operations. The proposed $5 per-semester student assessment fee is on the ballot for student elections being held March 25th through the 29th. If students approve the fee, it will then be considered by Western's Board of Trustees. 

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5:54 am
Fri March 22, 2013

House approves bill to expand school reform district

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Bill now goes to Senate Education Committee
The state House passed a bill Thursday that would cap the number of schools in the state reform school district at 50 but allow some low-performing schools to be exempted from being placed in it.

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