Blace Carpenter
Newsroom InternBlace Carpenter was a newsroom intern for WCMU. He's currently the managing editor for CM-Life, Central Michigan University's student-run campus media company.
In the summer of 2025, Carpenter was based at the Alpena News covering Alpena, Montmorency, Presque Isle and Alcona counties for both the paper and WCMU.
Carpenter has published work in The Daily News (Greenville, MI) and The Grand Haven Tribune, covering town events, breaking news and features on residents. Carpenter is junior at CMU majoring in journalism with a minor in multimedia design.
Email him your story ideas to: carpe2da@cmich.edu
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Michael Brewer can be awake only for four hours until his brain shuts down. When the sun is shining too bright, he has to put the special glasses on. But these are only a few of the symptoms of lead poisoning. There are also migraines, memory loss and seizures that Brewer has been experiencing for the past 20 years. -
Michigan Humanities had $900,000 of its $1.4 million budget put on hold by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in April. A federal judge has now ruled the cuts were “unconstitutional” and its case can move forward. -
The USPS has been criticized for its attempts to cut down on some delivery services and consolidate facilities in an attempt to save on costs. -
The Alcona County Commission on Aging President Phil Potter and Board Member Pam McKinnon resigned during the organization's meeting on July 22. This leaves five positions on the board up for election. -
Over the past two decades, newspapers have started to outsource their printing to cut down on costs. After 126 years, The Alpena News continues to print in-house. -
Three nonprofit organizations joined U.S. congressional candidate Callie Barr (D-Traverse City) to discuss the rise of food and housing insecurities in northern Michigan. Barr says she hopes to have similar meetings in the future. -
Days before a man from Cheboygan attacked 11 people in a Traverse City Walmart, psychologists and mental health officials told lawmakers that northern Michigan lacks sufficient mental health resources. Some of the concerns raised were the lack of psychiatric beds and funding for outpatient therapy. -
Montmorency County is appointing Sarah Melching as its full-time emergency manager after an eight-month search. Melching has been serving as the emergency manager for Presque Isle County and will move into her new role in August. -
Silent Swarm is an annual Navy-led exercise that experiments with new electromagnetic equipment through a simulation of old war missions. This year, they chose to recreate parts of the War of 1812 and tested new satellites, radios and navigation systems. -
Fifty-million dollars in federal aid is coming to Northern Michigan after months of local and state officials advocating for relief from a historic ice storm that swept through the region in March.
