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updated: Wed Jul 02, 2008 05:39 pm

Wolverine News

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

Wednesday Jul 2 | WTOM-TV Traverse City

Resorts going green

With the popularity of so called "eco-tourism" on the rise, area hotels are now turning green.

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Related Topix: Law, Employment / Labor Law, Home Gardening, Home

Sun Jun 29, 2008

Detroit Free Press

Surveying damage after dam mistake kills brown trout

VANDERBILT -- The smell of rotting fish could take the bark off trees. And to biologists Andrew Nuhfer and Tim Cwalinski, the sight of dozens of brown trout from 16 to 20 inches was infuriating and ...

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Related Topix: Vanderbilt, MI, Gaylord, MI

Wed Jun 04, 2008

Northern Express

Weekly is northern Michigan's largest weekly newspaper, distributed in 13 counties throughout the northwestern lower peninsula of Michigan

Rollin': New bike trail Call it the jewel in Michigan's bike trail crown: On June 7, the Top of Michigan Trails Council will dedicate a new 62-mile trail that will link Gaylord, Cheboygan and Mackinaw City.

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Related Topix: Topinabee, MI, Cheboygan, MI, Michigan, Opinion

Mon Jun 02, 2008

WisInfo

Men wear heels to raise awareness for violence against women

APPLETON - William Lownsberry drove 6 hours from Wolverine, Mich., to walk a mile in a pair of hot yellow stilettos he accessorized with black fishnet stockings.

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Fri May 30, 2008

State of Michigan

North Central State Trail Dedication Ceremony Planned for June 7

The Department of Natural Resources announced today that a dedication ceremon for the North Central State Trail is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Saturday, June 7, which is National Trails Day.

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Related Topix: Gaylord, MI, Michigan, Topinabee, MI, Vanderbilt, MI, Cheboygan, MI

Thu May 22, 2008

Lansing State Journal

Sure bets: It's about more than just gambling

Feel like trying to make red, white and blue 7's line up on the quarter slots? Or would you rather bet a buck on number 22 on the roulette wheel? Well, you don't have to go far in Michigan to scratch your ...

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Related Topix: Lansing, MI, Lansing Metro, Life, Food, Seafood, Mount Pleasant, MI, Traverse City, MI

Fri May 02, 2008

The Alpena News

Judge hears CEI argument

“If you accept the AG's argument that the APA is final, then you are giving a letter from the administrative agency the same authority as the Supreme Court and that cannot be”

A real-life David and Goliath met Wednesday in the circuit court for Ingham County. via The Alpena News

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Related Topix: Ingham County, MI, Presque Isle, MI, Environmental, Waste Management, Michigan

Tue Apr 29, 2008

The Alpena News

Editorial: Discovery stage positive.....

While there still remain many questions regarding the proposed clean-coal utility plant of Wolverine Power Co. via The Alpena News

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Related Topix: Rogers City, MI, Presque Isle County, MI, Opinion

Sun Apr 13, 2008

WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

New coal-fired power plants opposed in Michigan

“It's just absolutely backwards thinking.”

In the battle over global warming, front lines are forming in places like Bay City and Midland _ proposed sites for Michigan's first large coal-fired power plants since 1984. via WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

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Related Topix: Energy, CMS Energy, Rogers City, MI, Activism, Manistee, MI

Fri Apr 11, 2008

WWUP-TV Cadillac

Winter Weather North, Storms South Today

Lots going on in weather today. A major storm system is slowly chugging across the Great Lakes region, it's impacts will be with all the way through Sunday morning. via WWUP-TV Cadillac

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Related Topix: Weather

Thu Apr 03, 2008

Ann Arbor News

Northern Michigan golf

Traverse City, Crystal Mountain Resort and Boyne Mountain and Boyne Highlands all are offering golf packages. via Ann Arbor News

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Related Topix: Traverse City, MI, Michigan, Thompsonville, MI, Petoskey, MI, Travel

Tue Apr 01, 2008

Traverse City Record-Eagle

Fire destroys vacant lumber store

“We had to get the road commission to come out and work the loader to move the snow. We couldn't get the trucks in here.”

Raging flames in the attic of a former lumber store in Gaylord greeted firefighters in pre-dawn hours, a fire that ended with the building in ruins. via Traverse City Record-Eagle

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Related Topix: Otsego County, MI, Gaylord, MI, Retail, Household Products, Johannesburg, MI

Fri Mar 28, 2008

Leelanau Enterprise

Stay sought to stop substation

“The entire approval process of the substation was improper because the zoning administrator never should have been involved in the decision at all.”

An attorney representing owners of property adjacent to an electrical substation approved by Elmwood Township have appealed the decision, and are hoping to obtain a court decision preventing construction. via Leelanau Enterprise

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Related Topix: Gaylord, MI, Charlevoix, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Traverse City, MI, Michigan

Wed Mar 26, 2008

Ludington Daily News

Ludington learns negative effects of coal-burning plants

“I don't think we're going to be able to escape 17 or 18 cents per kilowatt hour by 2017.”

Tom Karas, director of Michigan Energy Alternatives, focused on the negative impacts of coal-burning plants and said Michigan has the second largest number of coal-burning plant proposals in the country. via Ludington Daily News

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Related Topix: Rogers City, MI, Ludington, MI, Global Warming

Fri Mar 21, 2008

Ann Arbor News

No need to worry about 460-foot crane at River House construction site, officials say

“It's a pretty safe operation. There's a lot of planning that goes in before a tower crane goes up”

The tower crane being used to build River House condominiums is similar to the one that toppled in New York last weekend. via Ann Arbor News

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Related Topix: Tower, MI

Thu Mar 06, 2008

WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

50 Most Influential Women in West Michigan

March marks Women's History Month, and there's a group of women who are on their way to creating West Michigan history. via WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

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Related Topix: Ann Arbor, MI, Ann Arbor Metro, Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro

Tue Mar 04, 2008

Leelanau Enterprise

Substation opponent facing deadline on whether to appeal

“The (state) act says as soon as the decision is certified, or the minutes approved, the period to appeal begins. That was done”

The clock is ticking for an opponent of a proposed electrical substation in Elmwood Township to take her case to the next level. via Leelanau Enterprise

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Related Topix: Traverse City, MI

Wed Feb 27, 2008

Traverse City Record-Eagle

Some areas set to break snowfall records

“I've been sick of the snow and cold since it started”

Jack Stonehouse stood in the frigid wind and rubbed his hands together while his truck filled with fuel at a Gaylord service station. via Traverse City Record-Eagle

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Related Topix: Weather, Traverse City, MI, Michigan, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI

Sat Feb 23, 2008

WWUP-TV Cadillac

2 Hospitalized after Cheboygan Co. House Fire

A family of five is safe, but two people are in the hospital after flames ripped through their Cheboygan County home. via WWUP-TV Cadillac

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Related Topix: Cheboygan, MI, Cheboygan County, MI

Mon Feb 18, 2008

Leelanau Enterprise

Substation use OK'd, but appeal vowed

“I would like to have an independent engineer determine if there is this need for the transmission substation to provide - adequate service' It's important to me that this board makes the right decision, to make a fully informed decision.”

The one decision made during a blockbuster, nearly 6-hour meeting held solely to interpret a sentence in the Elmwood Township Zoning Ordinance would become mute if opponents of a proposed electrical substation ... via Leelanau Enterprise

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Related Topix: Traverse City, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Michigan

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