
Ed Ronco
News DirectorEd Ronco joined IPR as its news director in the summer of 2022, after eight years with KNKX Public Radio in Seattle/Tacoma, where he was the local host of All Things Considered.
He’s an experienced reporter, interviewer and broadcaster, whose career has also included work in rural Alaska and northern Indiana.
Originally from Michigan, Ed is delighted to be back in his home state — and at Interlochen, no less, which he only ever dreamed of attending as a band and theater kid growing up in Wyandotte.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Michigan State University.
Send news tips, feedback, or clever haiku to Ed at ed.ronco@interlochen.org.
Twitter: @edronco
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Housing North says its "housing exchange" platform is a place where northern Michigan residents can find places to live, whether a new apartment or a room for rent.
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For some, the National Cherry Festival Marching Band in Traverse City is a chance to keep marching. For others, it's an opportunity to try something new. It certainly was for Cindy Monroe.
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Michigan's Attorney General is going after the Twin Flames Universe, a spiritual organization based in Leelanau County that's widely considered to be a cult.
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For some, the National Cherry Festival Marching Band in Traverse City is a chance to keep marching. For others, it's an opportunity to try something new.
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In May, authorities in Traverse City cleared out an encampment from part of town known as "the Pines." What happened to those who left?
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The summertime series, now in its fifth year, plants classical music in unexpected places.
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The MATE ROV world championship sees high school and college teams build underwater robots for pride, prizes and maybe even a career.
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The measure, introduced by state Senator John Damoose (R-Harbor Springs), would allow Mackinac Island to amend its charter and gain the power to “control all aspects of ferry service.”
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In Lake County — population 12,000 — a new ICE facility is opening in a shuttered private prison, promising to create hundreds of jobs in the poorest county in the state. Many residents have doubts about whether the jobs will last.
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Just one story for you this week, and it's about deer, money and big piles of carrots. Or apples. Or whatever else deer are interested in eating.