Michael Symonds
WMUK ReporterReport for America national service program corps member Michael Symonds joined WMUK’s staff in 2023.
He covers the “rural meets metro” beat, reporting stories that link seemingly disparate parts of Southwest Michigan. He started his journalistic career at Western Michigan University’s student newspaper, the Western Herald. He was also a news intern at WMUK and hosted the talk show “Stupid Questions” on WIDR-FM, where he interviewed guests from political experts to student leaders. Michael is a graduate of WMU with a B.A. in Journalism and Digital Media.
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The group claims it wiped 200,000 Stryker systems, servers and mobile devices, along with stealing 50 terabytes of "critical data." -
The student's attorney said Kalamazoo Public Schools "failed miserably" to protect a non-binary student at Loy Norrix High school who faced harassment and assault based on her identity. -
If built, the center would only be about 20 miles from another proposed Microsoft data-processing facility. The company bought more than 200 acres of land near Dorr Township last year. -
Volunteers at one food pantry said the increase in visitors has been "immense." -
A contract worker at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant fell into a reactor cavity on Tuesday while performing work inside the containment building. -
Over 100 soldiers with the Michigan National Guard gathered at Western Michigan University's Lawson Ice Arena Friday before being deployed to the United States' Southern border. -
A Michigan Senate committee will hear from those affected by the cancellation of the federal solar energy grant program by the Trump Administration in August. -
It's the first confirmed citing of the rare species in Kalamazoo County since 1975. -
The agency said it will investigate two scholarships at Western Michigan University for possible civil rights violations. -
The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts is hosting a screening of "Bodewadmi Ndaw" Thursday, which covers the near death and current revitalization of the Potawatomi language.
