Viewers in West Michigan will be seeing a new face on their TV screen as they enjoy a cup of coffee to start the day.

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The WZZM 13 news team introduced Tanner Holbrook as the latest addition to it's news lineup.

WZZM 13 Welcomes New Member To Morning News Team

Tanner Holbrook is no stranger to Michigan, he crew up in Coldwater, Michigan.

After high school, Holbrook went to Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

He then moved down to Evansville, Indiana in 2019 to worked at WFIE-TV 14 News for the past five years.

He started out as a reporter, then a weekend anchor before taking over the morning news anchor role.

While in Evansville he covered some huge stories including deadly tornados in 2021 and a man hunt that made national news.

Holbrook will be joining anchor Emily Scarlett and meteorologist Samantha Jacques weekday mornings from 4:30-7:00am.

Getting to know Tanner Holbrook

On his first day at WZZM 13 the news crew got the chance to know him better by playing a game called two truths and a lie.

Tanner read 3 statements on air, two of them were true, while the other was a lie.

you can watch that segment below.

Tanner on behalf of West Michigan welcome back home!

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