WCMU Highlights

The Michigan Department of Attorney General announced they will be opening an investigation on criminal activity that took place in the eight state recognized Native American boarding schools and orphanages.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill into law Tuesday that will name the stretch of highway after Company K, a group of Native American soldiers who fought for Michigan in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The bill removes the gray wolf from the endangered species list, and allows states to make their own decisions on managing wolf populations.

Doctors are seeing an uptick in ACL knee injuries in young athletes across Michigan. WCMU's Tina Sawyer recently sat down with WCMU multimedia producer Stefanie Mills to learn more.

Winter holiday festivals have become a regular way to grow revenue for America’s smallest towns. And with more people shopping online, those events are key to pulling people away from their screens and into stores.

It's Central Michigan University's first bowl game since 2021.

The U.S. would need to invest nearly $3.4 trillion over the next 20 years to fix and update drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, say researchers from The Value of Water Campaign.

In a year-end interview, Michigan Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks looked back on an unusually slow legislative session, the impacts of previously-passed data center laws and working with House Republicans in divided government.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources just bought an 8,844 acre area of land in Pigeon River Country State Forest. The public will be able to use the land for hunting, fishing, kayaking, and other recreation.

The cubs had not been spotted in the western Upper Peninsula since March. State officials say these cubs were the first ones verified east of the Mississippi River in a century.