Leona Larson
Reporter, WMUKLeona has worked as a journalist for most of her life - in radio, print, television and as journalism instructor. She has a background in consumer news, special projects and investigative reporting.
Along the way, Leona earned two Emmy awards for her work in regional television. Her favorite part of the job is learning about the people in our community and telling their stories. She prefers to use her middle name on air because it just sounds better.
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The Food & Drug Administration added stronger warnings to certain chemotherapy drugs in March. Some people said the agency needs to go further. -
A federal district court in Kalamazoo heard closing arguments in a redistricting case. At issue are nine Detroit-area state legislative districts. -
A Michigan researcher is working on reversing the decline of a fungal disease has killed millions of bats across North America. -
An all-terrain wheelchair is coming to Warren Dunes State Park this summer. -
If Republicans nominate Donald Trump for president... a self-described bipartisan political group plans to offer another choice. -
Transparency advocates say it's harder to learn who’s telling the truth when the current law exempts state legislators. -
Michigan lawmakers plan to re-introduce bills to give the state more power to respond to environmental crises. -
The League of Michigan Bicyclists warns that bicyclist deaths in the state have stayed high since the first year of the pandemic. -
Last month a school librarian accused the district of breaking its own rules for reviewing books. Now the school board has heard public comments and discussed next steps. -
Someone complained about the book, which is in the collection at the Galesburg-Augusta High School library. The superintendent denies the district broke its rules.
