https://alyssakeown.com/reportage daily 1.0 2026-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1597533408759-SKGRS81TXOJR5HERNNWA/drag001A.JPG reportage Members of the Good Vibe Tribe – Matt Bozzo, Sasha Banks, and Kristjon Jóhannesson – prepare for a drag show at the Music Factory in Battle Creek, Michigan on Sunday, Feb. 9. After the closure of Battle Creek’s popular gay bar, Partners, the Good Vibe Tribe formed to create safe spaces for the LGBTQ+ community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1597533408759-SKGRS81TXOJR5HERNNWA/drag001A.JPG reportage Members of the Good Vibe Tribe – Matt Bozzo, Sasha Banks, and Kristjon Jóhannesson – prepare for a drag show at the Music Factory in Battle Creek, Michigan on Sunday, Feb. 9. After the closure of Battle Creek’s popular gay bar, Partners, the Good Vibe Tribe formed to create safe spaces for the LGBTQ+ community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1618704917649-46QEDLC0W4079RYB10I4/sportsportfolio001.JPG reportage Sophomore Kylee Krogman gives her classmate Nathan Lepley a morale boost during a tug-of-war competition at Hope College in Holland, Michigan on Saturday, Sept. 29. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1590684063335-93POD7OZJDNQTK3QR6ZL/web004.JPG reportage Bronson Battle Creek Hospital employees wave to first responders who drove by to show their support for the staff during the COVID-19 pandemic on Friday, May 1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1637706742885-PS9MJPNS6XRV5FI9IK3P/smalltownlife003.JPG reportage Matthew Murray, 9, Hannah Fox, 10, and Miles Murray, 4, jump on their trampoline at their home in Athens, Michigan on Monday, Oct. 4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1618704919892-TPYZ5967HDIZSGG3B0NN/sportsportfolio002.JPG reportage Senior Kandis Orns begins football practice on Monday, Sept. 9, at Battle Creek Central High School. This fall, the standout soccer player will bring her skills to the school’s football team as a kicker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1626831510676-4L3I3FDUPZWVEZAQQZ1K/giving+tree004.JPG reportage Festival attendee Zac Inskeep scopes out the Giving Tree during Electric Forest on Saturday, June 29 in Rothbury, Michigan. Under the massive willow tree, festival-goers leave gifts and may take one in return, fostering a sense of camaraderie and connectivity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1744990746225-KMWDPOEOR8N4E4J9LL6V/devon004.JPG reportage Devon Wilson, 23, of Battle Creek, Michigan is part of a rising tide of millennial farmers. The 2017 Census of Agriculture revealed growth in the number of farmers under 35 for just the second time in the last century. The data also found that 95% of farm producers are white. Fewer than 1% were "more than one race," like Wilson, whose mother is white and father is black. This summer, Wilson is hosting workshops at his urban farm to inspire others to grow their own food and challenge stereotypes about who a farmer can be. His farm, Sunlight Gardens, is located in Washington Heights—a neighborhood classified as a food desert that Wilson is determined to help transform. Story made in collaboration with Nick Buckley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1626831640594-6HOJMLCL4QMQPPJO8MEJ/sportsportfolio005.JPG reportage Harper Creek wrestling coach Joe Yurisich encourages junior Bryce Trimm during the All City Wrestling Meet at Battle Creek Central on Wednesday, Feb. 5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1754501690117-YN8W1T43ZIHOGLWJUVMA/0810football001.JPG reportage Senior O'Marion Davis adjusts his helmet before the first full-contact practice of the season on Monday, Aug. 10, at Battle Creek Central High School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1695862104250-DXMROYZFAKPVMEFWJ3EU/11bestofnov-ak002.JPG reportage Tu Par waits the required 15 minutes after her daughter Abigail Par, 6, receives Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine at the Toeller building in Battle Creek, Michigan on Monday, Nov. 8. Children ages 5-11 are now authorized to receive Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1581553761777-K2RE6647BSPVV7632JRV/KeownC09.JPG reportage Autumn Bruce, 6, covers the ears of 4-month-old Chevy Allen during the last drag race at a lot occupied by a car club called AutoMODIFIED on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019 in Battle Creek, Mich. As the lot shifts management, the club must find another spot to race their modified vehicles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1754502221784-5DSW96T9UC11Z04H0B9E/1123kelloggsstrike-ak004.JPG reportage Kelly Stokes, Kathy Webb, LaKisha Scott and Brenda Flemons picket Kellogg Co. on Tuesday, Nov. 23 at the Porter Street plant in Battle Creek, Michigan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1618340006508-NWY5LS5O31G2A93ZMWKP/emeraldave003.JPG reportage Grand Rapids Fire Department responds to an apartment fire on Emerald Avenue in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Friday, Feb. 22. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1586648833548-L86K0TQYWTE9T72NK2SJ/keownsingle003.JPG reportage Akronites leave their mark on a collaborate mural designed by local artist Mac Love during the Signal Tree festival at Lock 3 in Akron, Ohio on Saturday, July 29. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1576276413187-HDKIHF19SWDO9ZC2DAVY/SF_thepull.jpg reportage Kylee Krogman gives Nathan Lepley a morale boost on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018 during The Pull in Holland, Mich. The Pull is a 121-year tug-of-war tradition between the freshmen and sophomores of Hope College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1576276409717-3IMC7M9XSGNT18QW0M29/KeownC04.JPG reportage Marty Wolf from Battle Creek falls over after spinning around in a wheelchair, asking cars to perform burnouts during Cruise the Gut on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019 in downtown Battle Creek, Mich. Cruise the Gut is a Battle Creek tradition in which vintage car owners cruise through downtown in their prized vehicles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1590683907799-FDDEA6OACS6Y8096PSMV/_DSC6592.JPG reportage Devon Wilson, 23, prepares his hoop house for a thunderstorm on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Battle Creek, Mich. Wilson dropped out high school to become a farmer, and now he is leasing a farm to own so he can bring fresh food to Washington Heights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1593650929397-M9LQWE4RCJK1SWKJLP16/0619blm003.JPG reportage A Black Lives Matter march takes place on Friday, June 19, 2020 in downtown Albion, Mich. The demonstration took place on Juneteenth, the day in which enslaved people in Texas learned they were free in 1865. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1574801529592-S16HBLWZ1T7591KCC9MH/KeownC04.JPG reportage Marty Wolf falls over after spinning around in a wheelchair, asking cars to perform burnouts during Cruise the Gut on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019 in Battle Creek, Mich. Cruise the Gut is a Battle Creek tradition in which vintage car owners cruise through downtown in their vehicles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1578853936745-FGCIW3V4QB8MQ0IDQ7YI/DSC_5615+copy.JPG reportage In 2017, Summit County filed a civil lawsuit against 11 opioid manufacturers and three distributors for deceptive marketing of the drug Oxycontin. The opioid epidemic hit Akron so hard, space in detox clinics where users could safely withdrawal became limited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1582652237921-EK3GZT9A44C1NUCDWYTL/portraits001.JPG reportage Synia Jordan, a realtor who aids clients in the transition from renting to owning their homes, stands for a portrait on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018 in the Roosevelt Park neighborhood of Grand Rapids, Mich. Roosevelt Park is located within two of the nine census tracts in Kent County where three-quarters or more of residents are people of color, yet half or more of the mortgages distributed in those nine areas in 2017 went to white residents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1593652811515-WPBOFWUPXYRRXZA6P49I/editone007.JPG reportage Devon Wilson, 23, prepares his farm for a thunderstorm on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 in Battle Creek, Mich. Wilson dropped out of high school to become a farmer, he wants to be of representation for people of color in the farming industry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1593652322231-OG5WGG2VCG780U1JCC6M/0619blm003.JPG reportage A Black Lives Matter march takes place on Friday, June 19, 2020 in downtown Albion, Mich. The demonstration took place on Juneteenth, the day in which enslaved people in Texas learned they were free in 1865. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b63f83579fb39bc09dac00/1580962926775-VU7IMSDTABYD5IZF2Q9M/DSC_5615+copy.JPG reportage In 2017, Summit County filed a civil lawsuit against 11 opioid manufacturers and three distributors for deceptive marketing of the drug Oxycontin. 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