World War II ended 70 years ago in September. Here are three stories from veterans who live in Michigan. We'll start with a love story. Bill Berkley, U.S. Navy, Pacific Bill Berkley was just a kid without a care in Paducah, Kentucky until December 7,...
Anyone with even a passing knowledge of world history knows about the horrors that came out of the Nazi attempt to exterminate the Jews of Europe. Some six million of Europe's Jews 63% of Europe's Jewish population at the time killed in the Holocaust...
State Rep. Todd Courser, R-Lapeer, is attempting to head same-sex marriage off at the pass with a new package of bills that would take secular elected officials out of the marriage business altogether. Only clergy would legally be allowed to marry pe...
Scientists study chemicals for their potential to cause cancer, but usually they examine them one at a time. And yet, we're exposed to mixtures of different chemicals every day. Dr. William Goodson is a senior scientist with the California Pacific Me...
Last week I discussed a new bill that would make it easier for citizens to get absentee ballots in Michigan, a bill sponsored by a Republican state representative, Lisa Posthumus Lyons, and enthusiastically supported by Secretary of State Ruth Johnso...
If you ever get a chance to meet a sea lamprey, you won't forget it. They look like an eel but they're actually a fish. They have a suction cup for a face, with hundreds of razor sharp teeth. And they will sucker onto a fish and actually rasp a hole...
Presidential candidates keep hopping on the bandwagon. 'Tis the season, after all. But according to a recent survey conducted by the Detroit News and WDIV-TV, Michigan voters are mostly not liking what they're seeing. The News' Lansing reporter, Chad...
Sarah Price is the choir teacher at Saline High School, and this week she is releasing her debut CD, SarahTonin. Price studied vocal performance and music education at Michigan State University. She tells us that her musical background is mostly chor...
Well, let's start out today by getting in the old Time Machine and going back to early May 1954. That was just before the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed segregation in public schools. Let's suppose the Michigan Legislature saw this coming, and so rammed...
When the Grand Rapids band Ghost Heart plays live, it's a performance spectacle. They played in-studio at Michigan Radio as part of Songs from Studio East. You have to check out the rhythm section of this band. Their drum kit has the standard snares...