Daniel Wanschura
Host and Executive Producer of Points NorthEver since he was young, Dan has been fascinated with radio. From hearing the dulcet tones of John Gordon broadcast Minnesota Twins games, to staying up late listening to radio theater, he was captivated by the imaginative medium.
In 2012, Dan graduated from Thomas Edison State University. In 2015, he moved from the Twin Cities to northern Michigan to work at Interlochen Public Radio.
Dan has received numerous awards for his reporting including Edward R. Murrow regional awards and national PMJA awards. His work has also been heard on NPR, Minnesota Public Radio, Michigan Radio, and BirdNote.
Dan enjoys going on long walks his wife and son, going on road trips, and bonfires with friends at his favorite Lake Michigan beach. He is also a lover of the Oxford comma — much to the chagrin of his editors.
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Alison Vilag pays attention for a living. She counts migrating ducks at Whitefish Point Bird Observatory, near Paradise, Michigan. It's key to getting a pulse on different bird populations. But for Alison, counting ducks is more than just science – it's an escape from the expectations of others.
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Jerry Gretzinger is a northern Michigan artist who’s been working on the same map of sorts, for decades. Now, a new exhibit of his project called Jerry’s Map is open at the Dennos Museum Center in Traverse City.
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Writer Joe Beyer shares what he's discovered an unusual underground community in Traverse City, which might actually be the pinball capital of the region.
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Two anglers keep winning fishing tournament after tournament, where the prizes range from expensive boats, to thousands of dollars of cash. But one day, it all comes crashing down when they’re caught cheating at a championship event on Lake Erie.
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There’s this elusive bird found throughout the Great Lakes region. If you know where to look, you can often spot it where fields and wetlands meet. And in spring time, you’ll see it dancing at dawn or dusk.
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Three guys go ice fishing on Lake Huron in February. Everything is great until it isn’t. A collision of friendship, peer pressure and what it’s like staring death in the eyes.
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Marty Colburn has held the manager job since 2015. His departure seems abrupt, but Mayor Richard Lewis did say it was not because of any immoral, unethical or illegal conduct.
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Sav Buist and Katie Larson of The Accidentals grew up and got their start here in northern Michigan. This weekend, they’re headed back for an intimate hometown show with some of their friends.
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The decision to hear the cases in a single trial brought objections from defense attorneys, says Mardi Link, enterprise reporter for the Traverse City Record-Eagle.
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Kenny Pheasant first became a teacher of Anishinaabemowin at 14 – from behind the meat counter at a grocery store. Now, it's his life mission to get more people speaking the Great Lakes’ original and endangered language.