Michael Gallenberger
Before joining Lakeshore Public Media, Michael honed his skills as a news anchor and reporter at WKVI/WYMR in Knox, Indiana, and served as a correspondent for the Starke County Leader. Armed with a BA from Valparaiso University, majoring in Digital Media and Humanities with a minor in Spanish, and an MS in Digital Media, Michael brings a wealth of knowledge to his role at Lakeshore.
Since October 25, 2021, Michael has been an integral part of the Lakeshore Public Media team, although his journey with us began earlier as an intern, volunteer, and eventually a part-time board operator from 2009 to 2013. Beyond his work with Lakeshore Public Media, Michael is also a weekend newscaster and announcer at WVPE in Elkhart.
In recognition of his outstanding contributions, Michael was honored with the Indiana Broadcasters Association 2021 Spectrum Award for his exceptional coverage during the 2020 elections in Radio Market 2.
When he's not busy keeping the community informed, Michael enjoys unwinding with his favorite hobbies, including bike riding, tickling the ivories, and indulging in British and Italian television shows, all while grooving to his favorite tunes.
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"We are working with the contractor to try to make sure that they bring that schedule back to something that we believe is reasonable," Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District President Mike Noland told the NICTD board Monday. -
"I'm appealing to the board to allow the union stewards and management to sit down and have a discussion about bringing some custodians back," said Service Employees International Union steward Larry Hardy. -
"I've got my wife calling me crying every day like it's her fault," said School Board President Dr. Robert Behrend. "My wife didn't do anything wrong. She sent a Christmas card out." -
Helping kids stay safe around firearms is the goal of a new program from the Lake County Prosecutor's Office. The Gun Safety Literacy Program will teach kids in kindergarten through third grade what to do if they find a gun. -
South Shore Line riders can expect schedule adjustments and a fare hike in the coming months. -
"Sheffield Avenue has a center turn lane down the whole entire way," said Town Manager David Hein. "It's not necessarily needed each and every section, so there is some suggestion to do landscaping in the middle to kind of break it up to give it a new look, to kind of make it look like it's revitalized." -
"It felt like if you lit a match, it would blow up. It was that strong," said Hammond Mayor Tom McDermott Jr. -
Officers say the caller sounded like a child and threatened violence, before someone else took the phone away, apologized for their sibling's behavior and hung up. -
The South Shore Line service was disrupted for much of the day Wednesday, due to overhead wire damage near Hammond. -
School City of Hammond appears to have stabilized its finances, but the school board has fired the chief financial officer who oversaw that process.
