Nicole Walton
News Director, WNMUNicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.
Following a graduate school stint at Miami University of Ohio and moves to Indiana and Wisconsin, Nicole decided the U.P. was where she needed to be, so she moved back to Marquette and Public Radio 90’s news room. She’s been there ever since as host of NPR’s Morning Edition and now as News Director. Nicole’s stories have been heard on the Michigan Public Radio Network and National Public Radio.
Nicole lives in Marquette with two incredibly cute cats.
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First lady Jill Biden and second gentleman Doug Emhoff visited Marquette Thursday as part of the Women for Biden-Harris campaign to re-elect the president. -
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-Bloomfield Township) is calling on the Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to improve its services in rural areas like the Upper Peninsula. -
Two Nigerian men blamed for the death of a Marquette teen two years ago have pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to sexually exploit minors. -
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that would settle land claims by the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and clear the titles of current landowners. -
A pet skunk who died of rabies may have exposed Upper Peninsula residents to the fatal disease. -
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Two Nigerian men extradited in the sextortion death of a Marquette teen are set to be arraigned in Grand Rapids federal court Monday afternoon. -
Protecting the Great Lakes and combatting climate change are two big priorities for Senator Debbie Stabenow before she retires. -
Governor Gretchen Whitmer toured affected areas last week. -
MARQUETTE, MI— The cost of flood damage in the Upper Peninsula is stacking up.
