Sehvilla Mann
Sehvilla Mann joined WMUK’s news team in January 2014 as a reporter on the local government and education beats. Before that she covered a variety of topics, including environmental issues, for Bloomington, Indiana NPR and PBS affiliates WFIU and WTIU. She’s also written and produced stories for the Pacifica Network and WYSO Public Radio in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Sehvilla holds a B.A. in French from Earlham College and an M.A. in journalism from Indiana University.
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Michigan lawmakers plan to re-introduce bills to give the state more power to respond to environmental crises.
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The union for full-time faculty at Western Michigan University may hold a no-confidence vote in the school’s leadership.
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The City of Portage is poised to increase the energy efficiency of its buildings.
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The Kalamazoo Valley Museum is hosting a conference on Wednesday through Saturday, on planetariums.
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Students at Kalamazoo Central High School demonstrated by Drake Road today to support a teacher who’s on the third day of a weeklong hunger strike.
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A Kalamazoo teacher began a hunger strike on Monday to protest likely cuts to President Joe Biden’s climate agenda.
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The part-time instructors’ union at Western Michigan University says it called off a rally on campus Thursday, Aug 26, after reaching an agreement on its contract.The Professional Instructors Organization says Western asked the union to cancel the protest, which would have coincided with students moving in. In exchange the university agreed to start giving one-time payments of $50 to longtime instructors.
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Most of the Kalamazoo County Fair was canceled this year as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. But unlike last year, there was one event open to the public. Kids and youth in 4-H, a national non-profit organization, got to show their animals, from horses to rabbits, at the fairgrounds this week and last at a livestock auction that ended Thursday, Aug 12.
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Residents of Portage, Mich., are bursting with civic pride as the Pfizer plant there produces COVID-19 vaccines. And they're showing that pride in some unusual ways.
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Some towns rely on taxes that big-box stores pay to help keep their lights on. But in several states, cities accuse those retailers of undervaluing their own properties so they can pay less tax.