Bob Allen
News Producer and ReporterBob Allen reports on a variety of issues that reflect the changes and challenges that affect northern Michigan including rapid population growth in a region of unsurpassed natural beauty. Bob has often noted that he is proud inform and enrich lives in the local community by presenting an array of fine programming through Interlochen Public Radio.
He and his wife Jane enjoy their small house in the woods of northern Michigan where they grow a garden, watch the birds and shovel a ton of snow. They have one grown daughter, Jessie.
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The city of Holland will phase out the burning of coal to generate electricity. Holland reached a settlement with the Sierra Club to stop burning coal in…
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Electric customers in northern Michigan will not be paying for a new coal fired power plant.Wolverine Power Cooperative announced Tuesday that it will not… -
Michigan’s two U.S. Senators are raising a series of questions about the safety of an oil pipeline that runs under the Straits of Mackinac. Debbie… -
A state board awarded $31 million dollars Wednesday to buy or improve properties for public recreation in Michigan. Several of the grants are slated for…
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Researchers have found evidence of a small invasive fish in southern Lake Michigan for the first time. It could be an early warning that the species may… -
Consumers Energy will defend its wind farm before a Mason County appeals board Wednesday night. The utility is resisting an order by the county to tone… -
100 years ago this week, the deadliest storm ever hit the Great Lakes. What’s known as the White Hurricane delivered a one-two punch of blizzard… -
Long-time community activist Bob Russell has died. He was a leading voice for environmental protection in the Grand Traverse region for more than three… -
http://ipraudio.interlochen.org/BrineFTR_WEB.mp3Earlier this summer, a Kalkaska company spread industrial waste on roads in Benzie County. The toxic… -
A new kind of community garden officially opened with a ribbon cutting today near Traverse City. It’s a solar energy garden funded by customers who lease…
