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Ellie Frysztak
General Assignment ReporterEllie Frysztak is a newsroom intern for WCMU.
She obtained her undergraduate degree from Marquette University in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Law Studies. Frysztak went on to work in Public Defense as an Investigator in the Kansas City area for four years.
She’s currently back at school, getting her master's in journalism from the University of Missouri. Her dream is to become a public media visual journalist after graduation in May of 2025.
In addition to her studies, Frysztak is currently a graduate assistant for the Pictures of the Year competition, a communications law teaching assistant, and a staff photographer for the Columbia Missourian.
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AAA projects 2.6 million people in Michigan will travel for the holiday weekend, despite inflation concerns and more expensive gas prices when compared to this time last year.
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Pugh says her background in public health and education in Saginaw and Flint makes her qualified to represent Michigan's 8th congressional district.
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Officials with Mackinac State Historic Parks said the ring is in tact because the fort was built on a glacial beach, where its sandy soil has excellent preservation properties.
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Conversations about the value of a presidential debate filled the Mount Pleasant office in between games of debate bingo Thursday evening.
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Not many details of the new contract have been released, but a statement from the union said the agreement will see pay increases that move the wage scale ceiling beyond $50 an hour.
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The rally comes two years after the Dobbs decision and Proposition 3 codified abortion rights in the state.
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Collier is one of three Democratic candidates running for the nomination on August 6. Michigan's 8th congressional district is considered a toss-up by the Cook Political Report.
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Christopher Cluley will avoid incarceration after years of back and forth in the courts.
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The annual holiday remembers our country's history with slavery but also embraces black culture and the communities formed.
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The proposal must be approved by Congress during the next rounds of annual budget funding. Kildee's funding proposals come four years after a major flood that devastated parts of Midland and Gladwin counties.