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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An Upper Peninsula town is battling retail giant Walmart over property taxes. -
LANSING, MI— State Representative Greg Markkanen wants some U.P. wolves to be relocated downstate. -
BARAGA, MI— A federal bill introduced Tuesday would compensate the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community for land illegally taken from the tribe in the 19th and 20th centuries.The legislation is sponsored by U-S Representative Jack Bergman and Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow. -
L'ANSE, MI— A Baraga man was killed when a semi hit pumps at a L’Anse gas station Thursday night. -
Brock Tessman, who grew up in Plymouth, Mich., will become the 17th president of Northern Michigan University, effective Feb. 1. He has served as deputy commissioner of higher education for the Montana University System since 2018, and has previous experience as a faculty member and campus leader. The NMU Board of Trustees unanimously approved his selection at a special meeting this morning. -
The U.S. Space Force has awarded contracts to a Marquette company founded by three Northern Michigan University alumni to research methods of clearing space junk from Earth’s orbit. -
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel heard from people assisted by an Upper Peninsula program that helps expunge criminal records on Friday, August 19. She learned about their experiences during a visit to Marquette. -
MARQUETTE, MI— Upper Peninsula leaders told Governor Gretchen Whitmer what they need from the state’s new Office of Rural Development at a roundtable at NMU Wednesday.Housing and childcare continue to be the biggest obstacles to drawing people to less populated regions. Whitmer noted there’s still money on the table after the latest budget was passed, and input from rural areas on how those dollars should be employed is critical. -
A Marquette woman and her son with autism have been living in a hospital emergency department for the past 13 days. -
MARQUETTE, MI — Tourism in the Upper Peninsula has been stellar over the pandemic, but a deflated economy will likely make sure record numbers won't continue into this summer.
