Rick Brewer
News DirectorRick Brewer has been news director at WCMU since February 2024.
Before leading the newsroom, Brewer was WCMU's general assignment reporter covering central and northern Michigan.
Before landing in Mount Pleasant, he was a producer for Iowa Public Radio’s two daily talk shows, Talk of Iowa and River to River, where he produced hundreds of interviews with guests ranging from hog farmers to presidential candidates for the 2020 Iowa caucuses.
His work has been featured on NPR, Harvest Public Media, Here & Now, WFIU, WFYI and Northeast Public Radio.
Brewer fell in love with radio and podcasts in graduate school at Indiana University in Bloomington after attending Denison University.
Send your story ideas to rick.brewer@cmich.edu
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U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-Bloomfield Township) says he stands with nurses at MyMichigan Medical Center Sault who are striking against "unfair labor practices." -
Dozens of nurses in Sault Ste. Marie went on strike Monday morning demanding a new union contract. MyMichigan Medical Center Sault and the union have been unable to reach a new agreement after 14 rounds of negotiations. -
The announcement comes after the union and MyMichigan failed to reach a new contract agreement Wednesday in a last-ditch effort to avoid a five-day strike. -
On Monday afternoon, the moon will align with the sun, marking a rare solar eclipse across North America. A CMU astronomer shares what to expect from this celestial event. -
After 13 rounds of failed negotiations, nurses at MyMichigan Medical Center Sault are planning a five-day strike beginning April 15. -
The American Mariner was able to move out of the St. Mary's River under it's own power to receive further repairs at a nearby port.
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Coast Guard officials said they're still working to determine the extent of the damage to the vessel before they attempt to move it out of Munuscong Lake in the eastern Upper Peninsula.
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Commercial shipping traffic is at a standstill near the U.S. Canada border after a bulk carrier slammed into a light tower in the middle of the night. The Coast Guard said the ship is in stable condition and no injuries or pollution has been reported. -
State officials have confirmed the presence of hemlock woolly adelgid in western Antrim county. As WCMU's Rick Brewer reports, it's the second confirmed case of the invasive species in the last week following an outbreak at the Huron-Manistee National Forests. -
All but one of Michigan's U.S. Representatives voted in favor of a bill that could remove the popular social media platform Tik-Tok from app stores.
