Cristin Coppess
Newsroom InternContact Cristin Coppess:
📧 coppe1cg@cmich.edu 📞 989-774-3105
Cristin Coppess is a newsroom intern at WCMU covering the Saginaw Bay region.
A rising junior, Coppess is majoring in photojournalism with a double minor in multimedia design and leadership at Central Michigan University. She hails from the Saginaw Bay area.
During the academic year, she is managing editor for CM-Life, Central Michigan University's student-run campus media company. She hopes to build a career as a photojournalist while serving as a leader in the newsroom.
Her favorite destination in Michigan is Frankfurt Beach in the summertime.
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According to multiple city officials, the drinking water has not been compromised and people can now use their bathrooms and sinks as normal. -
City officials say the drinking water is safe to consume. A timeline on when the wastewater treatment plant will be operating normally is unclear. -
Attendees told Benson that one of their biggest concerns going into the midterm elections is affordability. According to data from the 2020 census, the city of Saginaw's poverty rate sits at about 34%. -
From Simon & Garfunkel, Lefty Frizzell, to The Monkees, musicians used Saginaw as a muse in their song writing. -
The city of Midland has shut down roads to upgrade its stormwater mitigation system. In order to keep state funding for the projects, the city has to work on all seven at once to meet its deadline. -
The proposed legislation would ban Supreme Court justices, members of Congress and executive officials from owning stock and placing bets on prediction markets. -
Once the dam is inspected by state officials, the Four Lakes Task Force will start to refill Smallwood Lake. -
State health officials have confirmed seven cases of cyclosporiasis in Shiawassee, joining 16 other counties with known outbreaks.
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State officials say Kalshi illegally allows Michiganders to engage in sports gaming without proper legal protections. -
Budget contraints stemming from the tax-cap has left Saginaw's 80,000 trees on the backburner. In Midland and Bay City, urban forests are getting more attention and funding despite being smaller in size.
