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Six hospitalized after toxic chemical released from military plane crash (opens the original)
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Six of 33 people treated for contamination have been hospitalized at Munson Medical Center after the plane crash landed in Grand Traverse County Thursday.
How different generations learned about 9/11 (opens the original)
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Most people around for the 9/11 attacks on America, can remember exactly where they were in 2001 and how they felt. But to those who were born after that day, grasping the severity of the tragedy may be harder to understand.
BONUS: Police warn against misinformation spreading after injury at Michigan festival (opens the original)
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Social media has blown up with opinions and speculation after a 37-year-old Black man was severely injured during a music festival in northern Michigan.
'A poem in steel and concrete': Hear rare audio of 1958 Mackinac Bridge dedication (opens the original)
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After searching for audio of the Mackinac Bridge opening, an archivist found a recording of the bridge's dedication ceremony in 1958, seven months after it opened.
Local governments in Michigan are struggling to fill open positions (opens the original)
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Many of Michigan’s nearly 1,500 townships and villages are run by part-time retirees in their 80s who are begging for help. The system is frayed and, without reform, communities could falter. Lansing isn’t coming to rescue.
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