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I’m Zack East, and if my name sounds familiar, that’s probably because Southwest Michigan has been putting up with me for 22 years on-the-air! I started here on the Coast back in 2004, and have held every job on the station at least once, sometimes twice. Weekend DJ, overnight operator, production guy, Morning Show host, and more. I’m happy to be back with you once again in the Afternoon playing Modern Hits for Southwest Michigan.
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Reed Robinson of Cherokee County, Kansas, made his first blood donation at the age of 17 after being inspired as a young boy by his father’s commitment to giving back. Reed is now 72 — and that first donation was 55 years ago. Reed recently made his 480th blood donation — and brought his lifelong total to […] […]
Over the last 30 years, Rachid Lazraq has been running a specialty shoe store in East London called Rich Collection Italia. As his customers have gotten older and as online shopping has gotten more popular, Rachid has endured bumpy times in the business — and was ready to close up shop for good. Everything flipped overnight, […] […]
An 11-year-old girl battling leukemia turned her hospital room window into a menu — and local restaurants answered the call in a big way. Emmalee Wilkins, currently being treated at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, taped handmade posters to her window asking for pizza and doughnuts. Once photos of her signs hit social media, local hot spots like […] […]
On the Fourth of July, near San Francisco, a small dog named Prieta was spooked by the noise from fireworks and escaped her family home. Since then, the family had been worried about finding their pup. Last week, there was a break in the case. Someone in the San Francisco Bay area called 911 to […] […]
For months, a toddler named Marlo in San Diego, California, has been sitting in front of his house every Wednesday morning, waiting for the trash to be picked up. Marlo is just thrilled by the sights and sounds of the massive machine that moves through his neighborhood once a week. Last Wednesday was a big […] […]
Earlier this month, a 14-year-old Montana teenager used his ranching skills for an incredible rescue, using a lasso to pull a drowning man from the fast-moving Yellowstone River. Jory Thomas was camping with his family when a raft and paddleboard collided with a bridge pillar, sending four people into the water. While three made it to shore, […] […]
About 20 years ago, a Corvette sports car enthusiast named Joe was devastated when his wife passed away unexpectedly. At the time, the couple owned a 1990 C4 Corvette, which they enjoyed riding and driving together. When Joe’s wife died, he put the rare six-speed, V8 Corvette in a barn — and left it alone. […] […]
Dave Whitlow, a 73-year-old retired local government manager in Virginia, spends his Tuesdays and Thursdays working the best gig of his life — serving as a volunteer cuddler in the neonatal intensive care unit at Children’s Hospital of Richmond. For the past eight years, Dave has shown up to hold, rock, and comfort some of the hospital’s […] […]
Hannah Bomback, a seventh-grade teacher in Burton, Ohio, noticed that one of her students, Arieauna Johnson, was frequently missing class — and learned that Arieauna’s mom, Melissa Johnson, was dealing with a serious kidney problem. Hannah had also taught Melissa’s four older children and wanted to help the family any way she could, so she […] […]
A couple weeks ago, the charity group Wesley Family Services in Pennsylvania was facing some tough times. They were on the brink of shutting down its “Open Your Heart to a Senior” program because of a loss of federal funding — which left local senior citizens worried about how they would get their groceries. The […] […]
An off-duty firefighter from Texas was out on the lake over the Fourth of July weekend when a boat carrying nine people capsized. He didn’t hesitate. He repeatedly dove under the overturned boat and pulled three children out from underneath it. One of the kids wasn’t breathing when he got her out. He performed CPR […] […]
An 82-year-old North Carolina woman is being called a living miracle after surviving nine days trapped in her bathtub. Joan Rivet fell while getting ready for bed, injured her back, and was unable to climb out. With her phone out of reach and no one nearby to hear her calls, she spent more than a week alone […] […]
Not all of the big World Cup stories are happening on the pitch. An England fan and his grandpa are making headlines, too. 21-year-old Jacob Allmendinger from East Yorkshire, England, spent his entire savings — about $13,000 — to take his 80-year-old grandfather, Geoff Golliker, on what he called the trip of a lifetime to the […] […]
A group of neighbors in England is being praised after risking their lives to rescue an 87-year-old woman from a house fire. Phyllis Day was asleep in her home when flames broke out late at night. Because she has Alzheimer’s disease and had removed her hearing aids before going to bed, she never heard the smoke alarms. […] […]
An 11-year-old Kentucky boy named Avory Woolery is an amazing kid, and here’s why. Avery noticed an unconscious man at the bottom of an apartment complex swimming pool in Lexington and realized no one else was doing anything to help. So, he put on his goggles, dove in, and pulled the man to the surface all […] […]
A Phoenix police officer is being praised for turning a disappointment into an unforgettable day for more than 100 students. When funding fell through for an end-of-summer field trip at Greenway Middle School, School Resource Officer Sean Reavie stepped in and personally paid to rent an entire movie theater for 144 students in the school’s summer program. […] […]
A New York entrepreneur is getting a lot of attention for turning his success into inspiration for others. John Cronin, a business owner with Down syndrome, has officially opened the first retail store for his company, John’s Crazy Socks, in Huntington, New York. The storefront comes about a decade after he launched the business with a mission […] […]
When Warren Shen was diagnosed with leukemia at 29, he could have kept it private. Instead, he picked up his phone. The software engineer started posting on TikTok about his diagnosis and about something a lot of people don’t know: how difficult it is for patients to find matching stem cell donors, especially in communities […] […]
Sharon Kulesa is a sculptor in the town of Stowmarket, England, who’s known for making life-sized sculptures — such as music superstar Ed Sheeran — that she displays in public spaces. Earlier this month, Sharon answered a knock at her door. It was an eight-year-old neighbor named Amelie who explained she was so inspired by […] […]
A three-year-old boy is being called a hero after helping save his great-grandmother following a serious fall. The toddler, Bridger Peabody, was alone with his 77-year-old great-grandmother when she fell outside, hit her head on concrete steps, and couldn’t get up. With no phone nearby, she asked Bridger to retrieve it from her car. There […] […]
A woman in the U.K. who just won the lottery is making bigger headlines for what she did next. 48-year-old Honorata Jamrozik won a million pounds (about $1.3 million) in the UK Omaze Monthly Millionaire Draw, and the first thing she did with her new riches is send her neighbors on a fun family vacation. Jamrozik, […] […]
An animal shelter in West Burlington, Pennsylvania, turned a regular library storytime into a lesson on empathy — and featured a special four-legged guest speaker. The Happy Tails shelter donated a collection of animal-themed books to the Bradford County Library before hosting a special reading event for local kids. To help the children truly understand what it […] […]
Way back in 1985, authors Elissa Guralnick and Paul Levitt co-wrote a children’s book called The Weighty Word Book, which was written as a fun way to help kids learn big vocabulary words through puns and stories. While it had a small following through the years, it never became a commercial success. “We really never made […] […]
Seventy-nine-year-old Beverly Thomas of Willoughby, Ohio, is a retired nurse who was having difficulty maintaining her property because of arthritis. Things got so bad that she was summoned to court, where a judge warned her that the yard had to be cleaned up. The court appearance —understandably — rattled Beverly, causing her to lose sleep […] […]
A tiny kitten in Hazlet, New Jersey, is safe and sound today after a wild rescue mission inside a local sewer pipe. Police rushed to the scene after a worried neighbor reported hearing some very sad, distressed meowing coming straight out of a street drain. An officer nicknamed “Birdie” bravely climbed down into the sewer grate, while […] […]
Richard Van Dongen and his late wife, Barbara, dedicated their careers to education. Richard was a professor at the University of New Mexico and Barbara was an Albuquerque Public School teacher and librarian who sadly passed away in 2016. Richard, who’s now retired, wanted to make sure Barbara’s passion for books kept shining bright, so […] […]
A father-and-son duo from England, George (57) and Josh (23) Kohler, just returned home from a record-breaking, 18,000-mile bicycling journey around the globe. They rode away from their home near Norwich, Norfolk, on March 29, 2025. From there, they spent a staggering 400 days on the road pedaling across South America, Australia, Asia, and Europe. They […] […]
Two Minnesota friends had no idea they were about to save someone’s life, but a string of last-minute decisions put them in exactly the right place. Adam Sandbeck and Mike Gravalin were out riding UTVs, something they’d done plenty of times before. But this time, they rode together instead of taking separate vehicles, picked […] […]
Gunner Skidmore and Kohen Chick were enjoying a simple summer morning bike ride near Fruitland, Iowa, when something caught their attention. As they were cruising down a rural road, they spotted what appeared to be someone lying in a yard. Unsure of what they were seeing, they turned around to check it out. Gunner and […] […]
James Parker of Wichita, Kansas, just reached an amazing milestone by donating his 100th gallon of blood to the American Red Cross. His incredible journey started nearly 50 years ago with a little bit of high school peer pressure. He was a high school principal at the time, and his senior class challenged him to roll up […] […]
For children born with a disorder called spinal muscular atrophy, the simple act of standing up from a chair has always been an impossible dream. Because the condition causes their muscles to waste away over time, traditional therapy usually focuses on giving them robotic crutches or braces to help them move. But a brilliant team […] […]
A woman in Kelowna, British Columbia, was driving home after a trip to the lake with her dog when they were involved in a car crash. Dearah Jordan says once the vehicle stopped rolling and she opened her eyes, she realized that her mini Australian shepherd Daisy was missing. She immediately jumped out of the […] […]
Earlier this year, 10-year-old Luke Cook of Warwick, Rhode Island, set up a small box filled with trinkets in his neighborhood that he called a Curiosity Cubby. The idea was for people to leave-a-toy-take-a-toy, much like Little Free Library boxes do with books. When Justin Czar — the owner of Liberty Fence Company — learned about Luke’s […] […]
A nine-year-old girl in Louisiana named Lila has made it her personal mission to make sure that any kid going through a tough time has something soft to hold onto. Inspired by her dad who works in law enforcement, she started a charity called “Lila’s Patrol Pals” back in April, collecting stuffed animals for first […] […]
Eleven months ago, the Woodruff family of Colorado Springs adopted a dog named Ruger, who had just retired from a K-9 program. Just a few days after bringing Ruger home, Chad Woodruff decided to bring the pup along to the barbershop he owns. He made sure to pack everything a shop dog could need — […] […]
When firefighters are dealing with emergencies and blazes, they aren’t just in harm’s way because of the fires, they’re also often exposed to dangerous, toxic chemicals and contaminants. A company in Wichita, Kansas, invented a special soap — called Firemen’s Friend — that goes a long way toward scrubbing off the chemicals to keep the […] […]
Lois and Richard Nicotra of Staten Island, New York, recently celebrated their 47th wedding anniversary in the coolest way possible — by gathering hundreds of their neighbors and handing out a staggering $1.5 million in community grants and college scholarships. Lois and Richard started their very first business together 50 years ago when they were broke and […] […]
Back in 2004, a firefighter in Colorado Springs named Alan Kent responded to an emergency call — and ended up delivering a baby girl named Chloe upstairs in her mom’s house. He was the first person to ever hold her. Afterward, Chloe’s mom brought the baby back to the station to say thank you and […] […]
Over the weekend in Sydney, Australia, a 21-year-old college student named Sterling Nasa went to watch a live concert of the hit movie La La Land. During the show, the movie plays on a massive screen while a live orchestra performs the jazz soundtrack. But right at intermission, the orchestra’s keyboard player suddenly fell ill. The […] […]
A restaurant just outside Louisville, Kentucky, is not only dazzling customers with great food, but is also impacting the community by giving away every dime of its profits to charity. The place is called Noah’s Kitchen, and the owner, Adam Ursprung, opened it one year ago with a wild goal — to use delicious comfort food […] […]
The Cleveland Browns football team just set up local kids for success this summer by donating more than $250,000 in sports gear to local high schools. The team invited 75 high school coaches to their facility and let them load up on everything they need for the new season. Coaches grabbed 600 pairs of cleats, heavy-duty weight […] […]
A group of third-grade Girl Scouts in Dorchester, Massachusetts, just used money raised during their cookie sale to build a high-tech wheelchair for a child in need. To be clear, they didn’t buy the wheelchair. With the help of their troop leader Corinne Curran, the girls BUILT IT THEMSELVES using a 3-D printer. Inspired by a visit […] […]
A nine-month-old pup in New Zealand named Hazel had been dumped by two previous owners and was living at a local rescue when her new owner decided to adopt her —and provide Hazel a forever home. That decision changed both of their lives in a big way as Hazel, soon after moving in, saved the life […] […]
The Capron Park Zoo in Attleboro, Massachusetts, is facing some financial troubles that almost forced its gates to shut forever. Everyone involved with keeping the zoo rolling recently had their spirits boosted when a young supporter named Anne Marie decided to step up. She had been saving her allowance for months in a jar. And […] […]
Ten-year-old Ernesto Gael Hernandez from Brownsville, Texas, has turned a hobby of making custom keychains into a thriving 3D-printing business called Prestige 3D Labs. After saving up $500 of his own chore money to buy his very first printer, Ernesto taught himself design by watching tutorials on YouTube. Now, he balances school and football practice with running three […] […]
Leah Connor and Malinda Ann Hill of Charlottesville, Virginia, are twins and recently celebrated their 55th birthday in a fun, healthy way – and also raised money for charity. Leah and Malinda organized a race they called “Twins Run 55.” But this wasn’t just any race. Instead, it featured the runners wearing inflatable costumes while jogging through […] […]
A man in Riviera Beach, Florida, is being praised for doing the right thing after finding a fanny pack with more than $30,000 inside at a Wawa convenience store. Luis Salazar found the bag hanging in a restroom and immediately started trying to track down the owner. When he looked inside for identification, he was […] […]
A restaurant owner in Durant, Oklahoma, is quietly making a big difference in his community — one carton of eggs at a time. Wu Ye, who owns Asian Gourmet, recently donated 22,000 eggs to a local senior center to help older residents facing rising grocery costs. Friends say this generosity is nothing new for Wu, who has […] […]
A carefree afternoon in the countryside of North Yorkshire, England, turned into a stressful adventure after a 12-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier named Maisy fell and got stuck in a narrow crack in the earth. Maisy ended up trapped a whopping 21 feet underground, which resulted in her frantic owner calling in the Scarborough and Ryedale […] […]
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14-year-old Eliza White of Gretna, Nebraska, has a fun side business rolling. She spends her weekends hitting up local craft fairs to sell her beautiful, handmade pillows. But this isn’t just about making a little extra pocket money. For every single pillow a customer buys, Eliza hand-stuffs, sews, and donates a second one to a child entering […] […]
The Bethlehem Police Department in Delmar, New York, just received a special gift from an anonymous donor to help officers deal with children on the autism spectrum. Thanks to this donor, every single patrol car in the department is now equipped with a Carter Kit, which is designed to help calm and communicate with children facing […] […]
When 72-year-old Dawn Zuidgeest-Craft was growing up, her mother predicted that Dawn would become a doctor. She earned an undergraduate degree and considered going to medical school — but chose to put those plans on hold to get married and raise a family, as well as work as a neonatal nurse practitioner. Fast-forward to 2020, […] […]
An ice cream truck in Gardner, Massachusetts, is making an impact on kids in the community by handing out free scoops this summer. It all started when a little boy approached Maddy’s Ice Cream and More, realized he didn’t have any money, and started walking away in tears. The owner of the truck — Madyson […] […]
Walter Hausermann is a 72-year-old drummer from Richmond, Vermont, who spends his days rescuing beat-up drum sets and giving them a second life in local schools. Along with his wife, Natalie Miller, Walter runs a project called The Beat Goes On, a charity group inspired by his belief that “music is king.” Walter scours the Internet for […] […]
It’s prom season, which causes plenty of high school students to stress about who to ask to the big dance. But 17-year-old Avant Williams of La Crosse, Wisconsin, has known who his prom date would be since he was two years old — his grandmother, Svala Heller. Svala grew up in Iceland where prom isn’t really […] […]
If you’ve been putting off that hobby because you think you’re “too old” to start, Nita Draut of Parkville, Missouri is here to prove you wrong. Nita is 99 years old and is being celebrated with a brand-new solo exhibit at a local art gallery. The art being displayed is amazing. But what’s even more amazing is […] […]
Jim Ruff was driving through Millcreek Township, Pennsylvania, on his way to meet his grandson for a Saturday morning breakfast when his heart unexpectedly stopped behind the wheel. As his truck began drifting through front yards in a neighborhood, it looked like a tragedy in the making — until Colleen Schnaekel drove by. Luckily for […] […]
Sometimes the best career move is stepping away from the overwhelming grind of a day job and into your own world. That’s exactly what Rhys Caldwell-Clarkson did when quit his retail job and picked up a paintbrush. Based in the town of Malvern in England, Rhys launched Art on the Spectrum, a business where he […] […]
A two-year-old Jack Russell Terrier named Elbie went missing from her Sydney apartment and her owner, Jake Dobrin, had no idea where she went. She’d slipped through a gap in the balcony railing — and somehow ended up on a narrow ledge nearly 13 stories up on the opposite side of the building. She was […] […]
