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Its a Friday afternoon earlier this month and LaToya Hobbs is at her Baltimore home helping one of her two sons with his math homework. When asked how things are going she replies, somewhat unconvincingly: "Uh, theyre good."

King and longtime morning co-host Mike Marino produced their last show on Jan. 28.

King and longtime morning co-host Mike Marino produced their last show on Jan. 28.

King and longtime morning co-host Mike Marino produced their last show on Jan. 28.

Jon King was the award-winning News Director and co-host of the morning show on WHMI-FM until he shocked listeners by resigning on the air last week. Disagreements over what it means to lead an objective newsroom in a politically fraught time, and whether advertisers were influencing content and coverage, led to his departure.

Gay-owned brewery Red Bear offers a lighter, refreshing companion to its popular brews with hard seltzer Woof!

January 29, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com Michigan’s official groundhog is ready to make her 22nd annual prediction, which will also help expand her habitat at the Howell Nature Center. As you might expect, Michigans official groundhog, Woody, will be making her prediction virtually this year at the center this Tuesday February 2nd, starting at 7:30am. The free event will begin with an introduction to groundhogs, also called woodchucks, and followed by l...

January 11, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com A local man is hoping to turn an anniversary he wasn’t sure he’d live to see into an opportunity to help others in the community who find themselves in a similar situation. When Mark Howell of Brighton was diagnosed with an 18-lb tumor in his abdomen in 2012, he was given 6 weeks to live. But then the community rallied around him with an outpouring of love, finances, food, support, faith, and friendship, giv...