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Tue Jan 13 9am on 90.5 | Listen in as Jody and special guests share stories from four decades of entertaining, informing and inspiring music lovers across mid-Michigan.
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Tue Jan 20, 2026, 6pm | WKAR Studios Explore the history of voting rights and learn how this essential tool of democracy can be applied today through a panel discussion and featured segments from the PBS program John Lewis: Get in the Way.
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Michigan officials have been trying for years to shut down Enbridge's Line 5 over claims that it is unsafe and liable to spill petroleum products into the Great Lakes
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Michigan Attorney General on X.In a formal opinion, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says cuts to the current fiscal year budget that were ordered last month by the GOP-led House Appropriations Committee are unconstitutional.
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Sat. Jan. 31, 2026 10am-1pm WKAR Studios | Bring your family to WKAR for fun activities and games for kids. Meet Lily from Weather Hunters and Carl the Collector!
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On this week's show we look at some of our favorite segments of the past year!
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Correspondent Edition. Topics: Year in Review.
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A 19th-century painting twisted Pontiac’s War—this episode uncovers the real story.
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Michigan Minute
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1831: Detroit gets daily mail, takes 14 days from New York. 1838: Gov. Mason deploys militia against Patriots raiding Detroit. 1997: Marilyn Kelly's investiture marks majority women Supreme Court.
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The Michigan State University Museum is reopening with an exhibition all about artificial intelligence and misinformation.
MI Michigan Story features true stories from Michigan, told by the people who lived them. Hosted by Robert Prince.
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