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updated: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:35 am

Erie News

Local news for Erie, MI continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Yesterday | Port Clinton News Herald

OCC & American Red Cross to host a community Blood Drive July 23

Area residents can help in saving the lives of their neighbors as Owens Community College and the American Red Cross host a community Blood Drive July 23.

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Related Topix: Southeast (University of Alaska System), University of Alaska System

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Detroit Free Press

Fresh from the farm: Blueberries

Michigan is a national leader in blueberry production. Mid-July is the time when they start coming in.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Nutrition, Organic Food

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Decision day is coming for dams on the Huron

It's been almost 50 years since the Argo Dam has served its original purpose of providing hydro power.

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Related Topix: Oakland County, MI, Hamburg, MI, Dexter, MI, Eaton County, MI

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Detroit Free Press

Garden Plot: Take a tour to see glamorous American lotus at its best

The sweetly fragrant blooms of American lotus, Michigan's largest native flower, will be opening soon, and Saturday is the deadline to sign up for a July 26 guided lotus tour.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, Monroe, MI

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Heritage Newspapers

Learning the lakes

Sunday is the final day for easy Downriver access to a series of educational cruises that sail through Lake Erie and the lower Detroit River.

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Related Topix: Macomb County, MI, Michigan

Tue Jul 08, 2008

Detroit News

Good rental deals plentiful up north

Each summer, guests at The Hideaway House in Ludington sign a register to memorialize their vacations relaxing along the shores of Lake Michigan.

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Related Topix: Ludington, MI, Traverse City, MI, Petoskey, MI, Lake, MI

Sun Jul 06, 2008

Detroit Free Press

'The large island' has French, Indian history

Township: Grosse Ile. Origin of name: French explorers dubbed the island 'la grosse ile,' which translates to 'the large island.' Later, the British referred to the island as Grosse Isle.

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro, Grosse Ile, MI

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Bedford Now

Contestants named queens for a year

The 2008 Bedford Queen Contest recognized several girls and women at its annual event June 22 at Parmelee Park in Lambertville.

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Related Topix: Lambertville, MI, Temperance, MI, Ottawa Lake, MI

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Times Herald

Weather service issues small craft advisory

The National Weather Service has issued a small craft advisory for the near shore waters of Lake Huron, Saginaw Bay and Lake St.

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Related Topix: Weather

Sun Jun 29, 2008

WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

Monroe County fisherman rescued from Lake Erie

Authorities say a fisherman is OK after spending four hours in Lake Erie. The Monroe County Sheriff's Department says Robert Murphy of Carleton had drifted about four miles from his boat before he was rescued ...

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Related Topix: Monroe County, MI, Carleton, MI

Fri Jun 27, 2008

Columbus Dispatch

Toxic avengers

Ohio State's Linda Weavers and Richard Sayre are testing a process in the laboratory that could be used someday to remove mercury that pollutes sediment in Lake Erie and other waterways.

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Related Topix: Biology, Science

Wed Jun 25, 2008

Bedford Now

Monroe recycling drop-off site changed

A RecycleNOW drop-off site has been relocated from Foodtown to Kroger, 850 S. Monroe St., Monroe.

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Related Topix: Monroe, MI, Monroe County, MI, Ida, MI

Mon Jun 23, 2008

Detroit Free Press

Help put together pieces of past at Lake Erie Metropark

Budding archeologists don't have to go all the way to dinosaur digs in Montana or ancient ruins in Rome to search for history.

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Related Topix: Dinosaur, Science, Paleontology

Sat Jun 21, 2008

LivingstonDaily

Nature group opens doors for families

The Pheasants Forever chapters of Michigan will bring their annual convention outdoors Saturday at the Livingston County Conservation District Nature Center in Gregory.

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Related Topix: Gregory, MI, Livingston County, MI, Family, Kids, Williamston, MI

Thu Jun 19, 2008

Grand Haven Tribune

Utilities scramble as flooding delays coal supply

Extensive flooding in the Midwest has disrupted railroad networks and delayed coal shipments at a time when tight supplies already have contributed to higher prices for coal and electricity.

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Related Topix: West Olive, MI, Transportation, Union Pacific, Railroads, Grand Haven, MI

Tue Jun 17, 2008

State of Michigan

DNR Encourages Anglers to Report Unusually Large Fish Kills

In the wake of the recent discovery of viral hemorrhagic septicemia in the Wisconsin waters of Lake Michigan and from a large inland lake in Ohio, Michigan Department of Natural Resources fisheries officials ...

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Related Topix: Lake, MI, Michigan, St. Clair, MI

Sun Jun 15, 2008

WXYZ

Weather Alert: Chance of Thunderstorms

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN AS MOISTURE RETURNS ON SOUTHWEST WINDS.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Port Austin, MI, Port Huron, MI, St. Clair, MI, Weather

Fri Jun 13, 2008

Ann Arbor News

Serving up Flint-style coneys at the state line

Visitors to the Luna Pier Dog House learn immediately that we serve Koegel's hot dogs.

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Related Topix: Luna Pier, MI, Detroit Metro, Life, Food, Dining

Wed Jun 11, 2008

WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

Fish kill from virus worries Michigan officials

A fast-spreading virus recently killed thousands of round gobies near Milwaukee, and officials fear the same fate may await fish elsewhere in Lake Michigan.

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Related Topix: Harrison, MI, Michigan

Tue Jun 10, 2008

Detroit Free Press

Remembering ship on a different day

At 12:38 p.m. Saturday, 50 years to the minute later, the same shipbuilding company foreman will blow the same whistle used when the SS Edmund Fitzgerald was launched, though he'll be several miles south of the ...

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Related Topix: Gibraltar, MI, River Rouge, MI, Wyandotte, MI

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