What up Kzoo? I joined the Townsquare Media team from Detroit and am now enjoying the role as Digital Managing Editor for Townsquare Media Kalamazoo/ Battle Creek. I graduated from Specs Howard School of Media Arts in Southfield, MI in 2012. After working at a Top-40 station in Detroit, I moved to Kalamazoo in 2017, and it's the best move I ever made. I'm a lover of all music, a vocalist, wrestling commentator for the Kalamazoo promotion Independence Pro Wrestling, and obsessed with music and entertainment. Catch me weekdays on 103.3 KFR 10 AM - 3 PM & Weekends on 1077 RKR.
Mark Frankhouse
Travel Blogger Flying Over Michigan Captures Mackinac Bridge At 40,000 Feet
I flew from Stockholm, Sweden to Chicago O'Hare. The SAS flight went right over the Straits of Mackinac. Here are photos of Mackinac Island and the Mackinac Bridge from 40,000 feet.
First Racially Integrated School In Michigan Started In 1837 By Laura Haviland
In 1832, after moving to Michigan Territory from western New York, Laura helped organize the Logan Female Anti-Slavery Society, the first anti-slavery organization in Michigan. In 1837, she and her husband Charles founded the Raisin Institute, the first racially integrated school in Michigan.
Jack White’s Detroit Third Man Records Pressing Actual Pot Leaf Into Sleep Record
Third Man has announced two new vinyl variants of the album mastered from original tapes for the first time. Alongside a black vinyl LP, which will be available for pre-order on Friday, pure, unadulterated, authentic cannabis leaves are encapsulated in PVC for the first time ever to create a deluxe Weedian High-Fi pressing of the album, exclusively available at Third Man's Detroit storefront.
Michigan Paranormal Investigator Captures UFO On Ghost Cam
What was a night of paranormal investigating at the Randolph County Asylum in Indiana, turned into a moment where he felt he may have had an encounter with a UFO
Did You Know The Mineral Shigaite Was Discovered In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula?
I came across a feature article that talked about how the Shigaite mineral was first discovered in the Upper Peninsula in the Bengal Mine in Stambaugh, Iron County, in 1951 and what the gem looks like.
Actor Chelcie Ross Spotted At John 5 Show In Grand Rapids
The guy was going on about how his kid (Ian Ross - bassist for J5) was really enjoying playing with J5 and such. Just normal talk of a proud parent. As I looked up, I immediately noticed that it was Chelcie Ross.
Someone Got Pooped All Over At Electric Forest In Michigan
Just not very cool and pretty rank. He not only got poop on his arm but a new $90 vendor shirt he happily got compliments on all day. Had to abandon his hiking shoes too because they too, got poop on them. He’s bummed.
Let’s Look Back To When Michigan’s Little Caesar’s Sold Seafood
In 1959, Mike and Marian Ilitch opened the first Little Caesars – which also featured spaghetti, shrimp, chicken, and fish - in a strip mall at 32594 Cherry Hill Road, in Garden City, Michigan (a suburb of Detroit). Mike wanted to call it “Pizza Cheap”, but “Little Caesars Pizza Treat” suggestion won out as the first name.
Flint Photographer Captures The Most Flint Eclipse Ever
Do you mean to tell me… by the way it’s awesome, that that MF’n CB ball has been up there since… checks internet, 1956 and no one figured this out or had the stamina to do this before?
The Story of Flint, MI’s Reverand Right-time & the 1st Cuzins of Funk
What started out as high school friends sharing a passion for funk music turned into a serious dream.
Have You Ever Seen Michigan’s Giant Snow Thermometer?
The record-high seasonal total is 390.4 Inches. The least amount of snowfall came in the winter of 1930–31, at only 81.30 inches.
These Are The Oddest Named Towns In Michigan
Some of the names from those lists were odd enough to make this new list, but some of these I guarantee you've never heard of before.