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The Morning Show with Ken & Friends! Apr. 8, '26 | Southwest Michigan's News & Talk podcast

April 8, 2026·1 hr·5 clips

Mayor Brooke Thomas officiated host Ken Lundberg's wedding two years ago, her first ceremony ever.

Wednesday starts in the video live stream studio. Ken Lundberg brings in St. Joseph Mayor Brooke Thomas, and they open with the wedding she officiated for Ken and Stephanie. The mood is loose, then the conversation shifts into city business: parking, detours, and the coming Main Street project. Thomas says the city wants to gather information early, especially on alternate routes, parking, and the effect on local businesses. Buchanan comes up as the nearby example. Ken remembers Mayor Mark Whedon talking about street work there, and the takeaway is simple: better roads can still make daily life harder while the work is happening. Thomas is direct about the disruption. She also says the work matters because infrastructure can fail if it only gets patched. City staff are already talking with surrounding communities that have handled similar projects, hoping to avoid mistakes and make the process less painful. Ken keeps pressing on the parts listeners will feel first: the economic hit, the urge to patch instead of rebuild, and how snow, ice, and salt wear roads down faster here. Thomas agrees with that reality. Nobody wants the mess, but nobody wants failing roads either. Most of the work starts in 2027, with cleanup afterward. The segment wraps by sending listeners to the WSJM Smart app, where the conversation is archived. Weather slides back in next: mostly cloudy skies, possible rain showers, a high around 60, and south winds gusting to 30 miles per hour before newsroom updates. It plays like a local city-hall check-in, with a little studio history and a clear look at how big projects land in parking spaces, storefront traffic, and everyday routes.

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A straightforward city update that makes the Main Street work feel immediate and local.

Ken Lundberg's conversation with Mayor Brooke Thomas on the WSJM Morning Show stays close to the ground: the wedding he officiated comes up, then the talk moves to parking, detours, business disruption, and the Main Street work set for 2027.

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You want the St. Joseph Main Street update before the detours hit.

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