Adrienne Newman learned about local shipwreck research while watching her neighbor’s garage burn down. She ran into another neighbor and friend, Captain Stephen Roblee, while viewing the scene.

Joshua Vissers

October 3, 2020

Daily Mining Gazette, In-depth

Two Redridge dams have intertwined history

Joshua Vissers

October 3, 2020

Daily Mining Gazette, In-depth

Two Redridge dams have intertwined history

To untangle the current condition of the dams at Redridge takes a bit of a history lesson.

Joshua Vissers

April 24, 2018

In-depth

TOST inspections finished in Barry, Eaton counties

Joshua Vissers

April 24, 2018

In-depth

Barry-Eaton District Health Department’s TOST regulation was so controversial that it had to be rescinded. How did a regulation with a clear focus on public health become so contested?

Joshua Vissers

January 6, 2018

Video, In-depth

Endlessly Emergent

Joshua Vissers

January 6, 2018

Video, In-depth

Emergent gameplay is one of the hottest buzzwords in gaming, but what is it exactly, and how does it happen?

Joshua Vissers

November 9, 2017

In-depth

Wade in the Water

Joshua Vissers

November 9, 2017

In-depth

With the odds of winning ArtPrize Nine so low, why did Ryan Spencer Reed wade in?

Joshua Vissers

October 13, 2017

Audio Interview, In-depth

Chronic Wasting Disease gradually spreads in Michigan

Joshua Vissers

October 13, 2017

Audio Interview, In-depth

I spoke with some people in the know about Chronic Wasting Disease, a disturbing form of pathogen known as a prion that is starting to affect deer hunting in Michigan.

Joshua Vissers

September 17, 2017

Photo Gallery, In-depth

Cleaning up the Thornapple River

Joshua Vissers

September 17, 2017

Photo Gallery, In-depth

My photo-essay coverage of the Thornapple River Watershed Council's 2017 river cleanup event. It was a six-hour coverage event, and I loved it.

Joshua Vissers

August 23, 2017

In-depth, Video

The West Side; Gentrification or Development?

Joshua Vissers

August 23, 2017

In-depth, Video

As Grand Valley State University continues to plan new buildings and additions in the downtown area of Grand Rapids, each step forward causes ripples of change throughout the city, some for the better, and some for the worse.