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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http://ipraudio.interlochen.org/DangerousCurrents_WEB.mp3As summer water temperatures warm-up, more people are enticed into playing in the big waves. And…
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A medical center in Ludington is pursuing a merger with Spectrum Health based in Grand Rapids.Memorial Medical Center signed a non-binding letter of…
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The City of Waukesha, Wisconsin says it has nowhere else to go for water but to the Great Lakes. This week, it submitted an application to take 10 million…
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http://ipraudio.interlochen.org/FrackFlowback_WEB.mp3A group that wants to ban hydraulic fracturing in Michigan says the state didn’t follow its own rules…
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http://ipraudio.interlochen.org/Boardman_Breach_0.mp3The breach of a dam south of Traverse City over the weekend gave residents along the Boardman River a…
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http://ipraudio.interlochen.org/WolfHunt.mp3Michigan lawmakers will consider opening a hunting season for gray wolves. A state representative from the…
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http://ipraudio.interlochen.org/WolfHunt.mp3Michigan lawmakers will consider opening a hunting season for gray wolves. A state representative from the…
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http://ipraudio.interlochen.org/WolfHunt.mp3Michigan lawmakers will consider opening a hunting season for gray wolves. A state representative from the…
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http://ipraudio.interlochen.org/rip_currents.mp3New research this fall will try to find a better way to predict dangerous currents in the Great Lakes. The…
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It was a deadly weekend on the Great Lakes. Seven people drowned, including three in Lake Michigan.Kevin Schlake, 40, of Cincinnati, died Sunday after…