Ava Harmon
Newsroom InternAva Harmon is a newsroom intern for WCMU. She's going into her junior year at Central Michigan University, majoring in journalism with minors in communications and sports communications. Harmon has also worked with the WCMU news team as a production assistant and served as a board operator and on-air host.
During the academic year, she works as a sports reporter for CM-Life, Central Michigan University's student-run campus media company, covering a variety of sports on campus. After graduation, she hopes to build a career in journalism, ideally as a sports reporter.
Originally from Virginia, she moved to Michigan to attend CMU. Her favorite Michigan destination is Frankenmuth during the Christmas season.
Send her your story ideas to: harmo2am@cmich.edu
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Warming centers and resources are available for residents in counties across the northeast, as around 100,000 homes and businesses remain without power following a major winter storm.
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Design submissions are currently available for Michigan's "I voted" stickers, and winners will see their designs at polling stations for the 2026 midterm elections.
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The disaster loans are available through the U.S. Small Business Administration to help with losses caused by drought conditions in December 2025.
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Boyne City native Kaila Kuhn claimed her first gold medal over the weekend in mixed aerial freestyle skiing.
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The National Weather Service says residents that live north of Alpena into the Upper Peninsula will see heavy wet snow beginning Tuesday evening and in excess of six inches of snow.
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Kaila Kuhn and Winter Vinecki are both competing in aerial freestyle skiing.
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The $200,000 budget comes from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The program has provided private landowners with grants for the past 18 years.
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Ferris State University is now the eighth school to provide students with up to $10,000 toward their education if they agree to work in under-served communities across the state after they graduate.
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The department's revenue relies heavily on hunting and fishing licenses. These fees haven't increase since 2014 and are controlled by the state legislature.
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The changes are to the license options, management units and mandatory harvest reporting. Applications for Michigan's turkey hunters close Feb. 1.