Katheryne Friske
Weekend Morning Edition HostKatheryne Friske is the weekend morning host and producer for All Things Considered at Michigan Public. She started as an intern in the Michigan Public newsroom in March 2022. She is a long-time Michigan resident with a background in voice work and education.
When she's not working, Katheryne enjoys socializing, baking, boating, and spending time with her partner and four children, and their two dogs.
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Michigan's Brownfield Tax Increment Financing (TIF) program is no longer limited to brownfields. The expansion aims to incentivize building low and middle income housing. -
Cleary is skipping letters of recommendation, admissions essays, a lengthy application form, and application fees for Livingston County graduates with at least a 2.0 GPA. -
Research and Development funding may be $7 billion less than expected if a current federal budget proposal gets passed. Michigan's research universities rely on federal grant money. -
Many county health departments and some local municipalities are giving away radon test kids during the month of January. -
Michigan Works! workforce development association asks for changes to federal legislation replacing the Workforce Opportunity and Initiative Act. -
The Michigan Office of Children's Ombudsman is now the Office of the Child Advocate. It adds oversight of child welfare within the juvenile justice system to its duties. -
The national defense bill passed both chambers. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) calls it a win for Michigan's military priorities like PFAS cleanup and raises for service members. -
The National Youth Tobacco survey finds high schoolers' use of tobacco and vapes dropped, but middle schoolers' use went up. An expert retired from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives gives insights. -
The 97th America's Thanksgiving Parade kicks off in downtown Detroit. A behind the scene look at float building, the Big Heads, and some fun facts about this tradition. -
Every year, hundreds of couples flock to a little town just northwest of Ann Arbor, to get married. Hell's Chapel of Love has been hosting weddings for 20 years.
