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Profiling blind skateboarder Nick Mullins and adaptive baseball's Miracle League.
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A ballot initiative aimed at tightening Michigan's voter ID and registration laws failed to make it onto the November ballot.
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Thursday, Sept. 3 at 6 p.m. on WKAR-TV 23.1 and streaming | Host Al Martin goes “Beyond the Score," sharing stories where sports and society intersect. -
Fridays at 3 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. on 90.5FM | Community members co-host with Linda Kernohan and Jamie Paisley, sharing the stories behind their playlists of favorites -
Smith to serve as senior executive responsible for the leadership, strategic planning, and overall management of NJ PBS -
The debate airs Tue, Oct 6, at 6 p.m. on WKAR-TV PBS 23, at 7 p.m. on WILX-TV 10 and WSYM-TV FOX 47. Viewers also can watch online at news10lansing.com and wkar.org.
WKAR America 250 explores how Michigan’s people, stories, and institutions have shaped the American experience over the last 250 years. Through journalism, public affairs, arts, education, and community storytelling, WKAR invites our community to reflect, participate and imagine the future of our state and this nation.
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Correspondent Edition. Topic: Democratic Party Unity.
This week we start with some Crappie fishing with some high tech electronics.
Profiling blind skateboarder Nick Mullins and adaptive baseball's Miracle League.
How classroom technology, screen time and AI are changing the way Michigan students learn.
Fitz talks about rescuing animals with Hannah Page, community outreach manager at an Animal Shelter!
Kids share what makes friendships feel kind, safe, supportive, and special.
Sandra Seaton's one-woman drama surrounding Sally Hemings' fight to secure her children's freedom.
Serika and Will are curious about MSU's Landscape Arboretum in East Lansing, Michigan.
A Light On The Lakes commemorates 200 years of Michigan Masonry, helping shape Michigan’s identity.
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Michigan Minute
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On this day in 1838, over 850 Potawatomi, including 150 from Michigan, were forced west on the "trail of death," though some in Dowagiac resisted thanks to leader Leopold Pokagon. In 1891, Felix Schlag, the designer of the U.S. nickel used from 1938 to 2004, was born. His initials, FS, appear under Jefferson’s bust on nickels from 1966 onward. Schlag spent his final years in Owosso, Michigan.
Inside the Arts
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"We Are This Land: Meditations on the Great American Experiment" runs to March 14, 2027 at Michigan State University's Broad Art Museum for America's 250th birthday.
MI Michigan Story features true stories from Michigan, told by the people who lived them. Hosted by Robert Prince.
Presented in partnership with WKAR Public Media at Michigan State University.
Presented in partnership with WKAR Public Media at Michigan State University.
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