Kevin Lavery
Kevin Lavery has been news director at WKAR since September 2006.
Just prior to coming to WKAR as news director, Lavery was a reporter at KWMU in St. Louis, Missouri, covering local politics, government, and biotechnology issues.
Lavery's journalism career began in the Navy. He studied journalism at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indiana; worked as news director and television producer for American Forces Network-Japan; and served in Antarctica as radio program director at the McMurdo Station Research Facility on Ross Island.
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Sparrow Health System will soon get some help from the Department of Defense to deal with staffing shortages.
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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is warning consumers to watch out for scammers selling fake home COVID-19 tests.
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Divers searching the Red Cedar River have recovered a body believed to be missing Grand Valley State University student Brendan Santo.Michigan State University police and local law enforcement agencies found the body Friday afternoon in the Red Cedar River near U.S. 127.
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As omicron transmission rates rise, Sparrow Health System is modifying its visitor policy to contain the spread.
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is expanding coverage to adults living with sickle cell disease.
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The city of Lansing is introducing a new online tool to monitor its diversity, equity and inclusion goals.
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Michigan’s economy – and the nation’s – made a strong showing this year, despite the impact of the coronavirus. But there may be trouble ahead in 2022.
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It’s back by popular demand, as the old saying goes. The state of Michigan is reviving a vintage license plate first issued in 1965.
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Scientists at Michigan’s state laboratory in Lansing are screening COVID samples in search of the Omicron variant, officials confirm the presence of the variant on the West Coast.
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A Lansing homeless service provider is once again accepting new clients after experiencing a recent COVID-19 outbreak.