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Profiling blind skateboarder Nick Mullins and adaptive baseball's Miracle League.
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More than 38,000 outages remained across Michigan late Saturday, days after severe storms brought down trees, damaged buildings and produced three confirmed tornadoes in Southeast Michigan.
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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. -
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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.
Aikem swings for the fences with sports broadcaster Jesse Goldberg-Strassler!
How classroom technology, screen time and AI are changing the way Michigan students learn.
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 1898, Sarah Emma Edmonds, a Civil War veteran who served disguised as a man in the Union Army, passed away. Also, in 1964, Beatlemania hit Detroit's Olympia Stadium with two concerts during the Beatles' North American Tour. Fans could buy tickets for just $2 to $5, and a local radio station sold squares of the band's bedsheets to eager fans.
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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