Michael Gallenberger
ReporterMichael Gallenberger joined WVPE as a weekend announcer and newscaster in 2021, before joining the station full-time as a news reporter in 2025. His radio career has included stints at Lakeshore Public Media in Merrillville, WKVI-Knox, WYMR-Culver and WVUR-Valparaiso. His reporting has won awards from the Indiana Broadcasters Association and the Indiana Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Michael holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Valparaiso University.
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Stargazing could be a big industry for Cass County, Michigan, but advocates worry that light pollution might stand in the way. -
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Cass County plans to apply for $400,000 in Community Development Block Grant funding, on behalf of Cass, Branch and St. Joseph counties in Michigan. The money would go toward case management, to help affected residents with housing, access to services and long-term recovery planning. -
Efforts to connect new Buffalo and Chicago with a 60-mile bike trail will continue to see progress this year. An update on the Marquette Greenway was given during a virtual “Northwest Indiana Green Drinks” event Thursday. -
NIPSCO has locked out about 1,600 union workers, after the two sides failed to agree on a new contract by an extended deadline. The utility company had been bargaining with the United Steelworkers since January 20. -
Goshen residents and property owners have a chance to shape future development in the city. Goshen is working with TSW Design Group to create a new unified development ordinance. -
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"There’s been a lot of surveyors, prospectors, whatever you want to call them, in unmarked vehicles, and the citizens are complaining about this," said County Commissioner Steve Holifield. "They have a right to know who’s in their neighborhood." -
"The system’s broken," said Elkhart County Commissioner Bob Barnes. "The system that the IURC’s over is broken. People are outsmarting you guys and they’re taking advantage of the public, and it’s got to stop." -
"We don’t get ahead of our skis," said Indiana Governor Mike Braun. "All I can tell you is we move at the speed of business, and we made it easy to get where it is and we’ll keep performing accordingly."
