More Departures? It looks like the Karl Bohnak resignation/firing was just the tip of the vaccination needle. Watching the regular news programs last night on both TV6 and Fox UP, we didn't see any sign of popular anchors Sarah Blakely or Elyse Chengery. Since corporate policy is to not comment on personnel matters, ... Continue Reading
TV6 Changes and the end of the News in Munising
Changes On-Air at TV6 TV6 announced last evening that after 30 years in the news department, Greg Trick is retiring. His last newscast will be May 7th. Except for a brief stint as the morning news anchor a couple years ago, Trick has been the face of the TV6 News Tonight and TV6 Late News. He always looked ... Continue Reading
Local Farm Ed, Food at The Courtyards, TV6 Canathon and Redmen Football
Farming for the Future Regular readers of Word on the Street will note that this isn’t the first time Partridge Creek Farm has been profiled here. And at the rate they’re going, it won’t be the last. In just a few short years Partridge Creek Farm has gone from a modest neighborhood garden to their current project, a ... Continue Reading
Anchor Shuffle at TV6
THE RECENT DEPARTURE of Sophie Erber from WLUC has led to wholesale changes in the anchor lineup at the local TV news leader. Let's start off with Sarah Blakely, who's been the morning co-anchor for the last two years and has won a lot of fans with her news savvy and her charm. She'll become the new co-anchor with Steve ... Continue Reading
Sophie Erber to Leave TV6
IT'S BEEN ALMOST six years, longer than most of us expected her to stay in the Upper Peninsula, but now TV6 anchor Sophie Erber is leaving the UP for the greener (as in dollar bills) pastures of Sioux City, Iowa. "They made an offer I just couldn't refuse," she explains. "I wasn't looking for another job. They just found ... Continue Reading