Rural community and governance in Yale, MI

Before joining The Yale Expositor, Max Kappel covered local government and features for The Laker Pioneer, a Lake Minnetonka area newspaper. His journalism career began when he joined his college newspaper in his senior year as a sports reporter and editor. He earned his bachelor's in Information Science from The University of Wisconsin-Madison, along with certificates in Classical Studies, Data Science, Digital Media Analytics, and Sports Communication. When he's not working, Kappel enjoys reading, playing basketball, and spending time by the Chain of Lakes.