Rebecca Thiele became the Arts & More producer for WMUK in 2011. Rebecca also assists the station with social media practices and occasionally anchors during All Things Considered. She is a proud graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
Michigan has 90 new state police troopers. The troopers were sworn in Friday in Lansing. The new troopers join a Michigan State Police force that is at its lowest staffing levels since the 1960's. Governor Rick Snyder promised the new troopers that will change.
A bill circulated by a Republican lawmaker aims to control sea lamprey - eel-like parasites that look like monsters, attack trout and other fish, and could suck the lifeblood out of the Great Lakes ecosystem. The toothy invasive species threatens the commercial and recreational fisheries and tourism industry, said the bill's sponsor, Sen.
Kalamazoo College student Kiran Vangipuram started drumming on the mridangam after he saw an Indian Carnatic concert when he was little. What drew that 8-year-old to a roughly 2,000 year old art form? The crazy fast beats of course.
LANSING -- Gov. Rick Snyder today signed a bill that will pour $21 million of state dollars into an emergency dredging program that will clear 58 public harbors and bays in the state. "This dredging is critically important in this state. We have the third highest number of registered boats in the nation," Snyder said.
