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Lifetime achievement

Melissa McKenna, assistant director of outreach & adult services at the Traverse Area District Library, is this year’s winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Michigan Library Association. (Photo: Ed Ronco/IPR News)
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Melissa McKenna, assistant director of outreach & adult services at the Traverse Area District Library, is this year’s winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Michigan Library Association. (Photo: Ed Ronco/IPR News)

Melissa McKenna, assistant director of outreach & adult services at the Traverse Area District Library, talks to IPR about the value of libraries, after winning a lifetime achievement award from the Michigan Library Association.

We also recap some of the things you need to know on this Election Day, as Michiganders head to the polls.

Reporting for this episode by Ed Ronco, Austin Rowlader and WCMU's AJ Jones.


Producer: Austin Rowlader
Editor: Steve Junker
Host: Ed Ronco
Music: Blue Dot Sessions