Mike came to Savannah and WTOC-TV in September 2000. Mike was the morning news anchor for THE News at Daybreak for 14 years, before being promoted to anchor on THE News at Noon, 4pm, 6pm and 7pm on WTOC.
Mike is an award winning journalist who before Savannah, worked as an anchor/reporter at TV stations in Knoxville, Tennessee, Austin, Minnesota (Spamtown USA) and Sioux Falls, S.D.
Mike was born and raised in the small town of Lonsdale, Minn. He graduated from St. Cloud State University, (MN) in 1993, with a BS in Mass Commmunication, Minors in Political Science and Speech.
He LOVES living in Savannah because of it's beauty, history, and mild winters (But after growing up in Minnesota winters, anywhere else is mild.) Join Mike weeknights for THE News at Noon, 4pm, 6pm and 7pm on WTOC.
The number of people in the United States with the measles has reached levels not seen in 25 years. It’s a viral infection that’s serious for small children but is easily preventable by a vaccine.
WTOC honors a Top Teacher every Wednesday. These are the teachers nominated by students and parents for making a difference in the classroom. We honored over 40 teachers this year. And as we celebrate the end of the school, we invited all of our top teachers together for a celebration luncheon.
Music has taken him many places, but Foster has come full circle and is actually is teaching in the place where he went to school. He can remember the pride he had when he was a member of the band.
Wednesday, the students at St. Andrew’s School played “Name That Note” in John Pollock’s music class, and when they got the answer right, it was sheer joy.
You can say a lot of words that mean very little or you can use a few words to say a lot. This week’s WTOC Top teacher Stacey Young shows her students that words have meaning.
Teachers love to share their knowledge and information with their students while building a strong support system for them.Crystal Strong, a teacher at Andrea B. Williams Elementary School, is no different.
When we are children, it seems like the best way to learn is through song, and for a music teacher, hearing children make music can be the most beautiful sound in the world.
There may be nothing as pure as the joy of seeing and hearing children playing on a perfect spring day in Savannah, and it was in this setting that we caught up with this week’s Top Teacher, Jane Madison, on Wilmington Island.
Trying to figure out math can be a problem in itself. That’s why you hope to have a teacher like Coastal Middle School’s Heather Blastick to help you find the answers.
This week’s Top Teacher grew up thinking she was going to be a lawyer. In fact, she was in her second year of law school at the University of Georgia when she realized it wasn’t for her.
It’s okay to write on the desks with a marker in Deonnah Davis' class at Southwest Elementary School in Savannah. because with a little work, it comes right off.
This week’s WTOC Top Teacher says she’s not in it for the income, but rather the outcome. She wants her students to fly high and know the sky is the limit.
4th Grade teacher Anna Kate Mahany may not have a permanent classroom right now at Marshpoint Elementary School because of Mother Nature, but she has deep roots dug in at the school, building a strong foundation for the future.
When you think about Georgia Film and how it has grown into a $9 billion industry, you have to give credit to a man who showed that making movies in Georgia could have national appeal, and more importantly, make money.
It's neighbors helping neighbors. The United Way of the Coastal Empire is getting ready to kick off its 2018 fundraising campaign Thursday in grand fashion.
