​​​​​​Sara Simnitch

• What if your life depended on the generosity of a complete stranger?  That was the case for Dr. Maurie Cone.  The retired Dentist from New Jersey lost his wife to breast cancer & then learned that his kidney was failing him.  Without a donor, he wouldn't survive.  A woman from northern Michigan gave him the most precious gift.  In this special report, the pair takes us along on their remarkable journey.

• A clinic in Traverse City sees about 200 people every year who are HIV positive.  From today's advanced medication, to just someone to talk to, Munson Medical Center's Thomas Judd Care Center is helping people get healthy again, and changing lives in the community for those who are HIV positive.  In this special report, Sara Simnitch & Chief Photojournalist Corey Adkins introduce us to a northern Michigan man who has overcome more than most.​

• Months after his death, Trooper Paul Butterfield's parents say their emotional wounds are far from healed, but his memory lives on.  Paul's name is now forever etched among thousands of others on the National Law Enforcement Memorial, in Washington D.C.  Trooper Butterfield died in September of 2013 -- Eric Knysz shot him during a traffic stop in Mason County.  In this two-part special report, Sara Simnitch sits down with the Butterfield family to learn how they're remembering the fallen Trooper.

•  When you train a dog, you don't expect it to train you, too.  That's what one program aims to do, by pairing K-9's with convicts.

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