This week's top news stories impacting communities across central and northern Michigan.

WCMU News Director Rick Brewer joined the It's Just Politics podcast to break down the results of a pair of primary elections in the Saginaw Bay region for an open state Senate seat.

Between the Lakes is WCMU’s new weekly podcast with clear, local reporting from central and northern Michigan. This short trailer previews what’s ahead.

WCMU's cohort of four newsroom interns covered a range of stories across central and northern Michigan in the summer of 2025.

WCMU Public Media is proud to announce that reporter Teresa Homsi has been honored with a 2025 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Writing, awarded by the Radio Television Digital News Association.

WCMU's Mike Horace sits down with It's Been A Minute's Brittany Luce and Wild Card's Rachel Martin to discuss the new addition to the Saturday morning schedule.

Central Michigan University students have played a vital role in helping WCMU report news on central and northern Michigan for years. Student Press Freedom Day is a national celebration for their contributions and raise awareness about the challenges they face.

This year’s cohort of fellows, also known as Champions, includes 62 faculty, public media professionals and news leaders from large and small institutions representing 25 states.

In 2024, WCMU's team of reporters traveled across central and northern Michigan to document the people, places and stories that matter to the region. Here's some of the best images they captured along the way.

From the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, to rules surrounding mail-in ballots, to a mysterious bird sighting in northern Michigan, these were the most read stories from the WCMU newsroom in 2024.