Stephanie Wiechmann
Stephanie is an award-winning journalist who has been the afternoon news voice on IPR since 2007, hosting All Things Considered and reporting stories from IPR-area counties.
You can thank the Minooka, Illinois high school speech team for bringing Stephanie to public radio. Her category, naturally, was “radio speaking.” In college, she hosted several public affairs shows for student radio station WLUR in Lexington, Virginia, and interning at WFAE in Charlotte, North Carolina. Stephanie holds a bachelors degree in print journalism from Washington and Lee University.
At IPR, Stephanie also helps guide and edit the station’s student news reporters. She’s won several professional broadcast awards, including being named Best Local Radio Reporter by the Indiana Associated Press for several years.
When she’s not on-air, Stephanie has her nose in a book. She can usually be found browsing the stacks at the local libraries, giving book recommendations, and finding a quiet place to read. This American Life is her favorite program, besides the hourly NPR news updates.
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The plaintiffs are students who have protested against Ball State, mainly asking it to divest from any financial ties to Israel. The ACLU says university policies violated their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. -
The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office says one of its deputies was killed on I-69 early Wednesday morning while responding to an accident. -
The ACLU of Indiana has filed a lawsuit against Ball State University's president over the firing of an employee who posted about Charlie Kirk's death on social media. -
Ball State University has fired an employee after online comments she made about the Charlie Kirk shooting were highlighted by the state’s attorney general. -
Muncie’s City Council and the mayoral administration are calling for the resignation of the president of the local Human Rights Commission. -
A Randolph County judge is facing 11 disciplinary charges from a state commission for not performing his job duties and failing to supervise his staff. As IPR’s Stephanie Wiechmann reports, he’s presided over the court since 2021. -
Ball State University is ending programs focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and changing some language it uses to promote those concepts. As IPR’s Stephanie Wiechmann reports, school officials say it is to comply with state and federal executive orders targeting such programs. -
The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado was responsible for the damage to the Frankton-Lapel Schools Administration Building on Monday night. -
Sixth District US Representative Greg Pence says he won’t run for re-election in 2024. He’s one of several incumbents that won’t continue on in the US House of Representatives. -
Two former Muncie police officers have been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to excessive force charges.
