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Winter — The “Enchanted Season” in Traverse City [Sponsored]

Traverse City doesn’t go to sleep in December. Instead, it becomes a magnet for skiers, snowmobilers and snowshoe hikers who consider this one of the country’s most beautiful winter destinations – and for visitors who know that this is the best time to sample its cozy indoor hideaways, tempting cuisine and vibrant music scene.

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Michigan, Michigan State, And Central Michigan Bowl Games Announced, View Complete Bowl Schedule

College Football's bowl game schedule has been announced.

Michigan, Michigan State, and Central Michigan will all be playing.

See when and where to watch, plus a complete bowl game schedule.

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Michigan DNR Report On 2012 Deer Hunting Season

The weather has been quite cooperative for Michigan deer hunters so far in 2012.  But that's just the start.

Read the Michigan DNR report on the first impressions of the 2012 hunting season.

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Albion, Michigan Named One Of The Country’s Worst College Towns

While Grand Rapids continues to get praise for the many things the city has to offer, a city a mere hour and forty-five minutes from here isn't so lucky. Albion, Michigan has been named by the Princeton Review as one of the worst college towns in America. 

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Why DO The Lions Always Play On Thanksgiving?

As usual, the Lions are having another stellar season. They will have to win the remaining games to hit the 10 win level that they reached last season. In other words, there's a good chance they won't make the playoffs again. But, regardless of their record, the Lions ALWAYS play one high profile game a year. On Thanksgiving.

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At What Age Should Kids Be Allowed To Hunt Deer With A Firearm In Michigan? [Poll]

Hundreds of thousands of hunters across Michigan are set to head outdoors as Michigan's regular firearm deer hunting season opens November 15.

Changes that took effect in 2011 allow hunters as young as 10 to hunt deer with a firearm.  Ages 9 and under may hunt under the Mentored Youth Hunting Program.

At what age should kids be allowed to hunt deer with a firearm in Michigan?

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21-Year-Old Michigan Man Fakes Documents to Play High School Football

Taking a page right out of the "Never Been Kissed" playbook (Drew Barrymore? "Josie Grossie"? C'mon! You know you saw that movie.)  a 21-year-old Lansing man forged documents to pose as a high school student. James Nash transferred to Mount Pleasant High School during the first week of school, claiming to be 17-year-old Javier Jones. Now why would anyone ever want to go back to high school? Cafeteria food? Book reports? To scam on underage, naive high school girls? Well maybe, but mostly James Nash wanted to play high school football.

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Details Emerge About I-96 Shooting Suspect

More details are unfolding about the man that police took into custody Monday under the suspicion that he was the person responsible for the I-96 shootings. 43-year-old Raulie Casteel was to be arraigned Wednesday in Howell. He's suspected of 24 shootings in four counties, and injuring one person.

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New Kid Rock Video For “Detroit, Michigan”

Kid Rock's new album, Rebel Soul, is scheduled for release on November 19th. The first single is "Let's Ride", which can currently be heard regularly on WGRD. A music video for another song from the album called "Detroit, Michigan" has been released in support of Pure Michigan.

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Understaffed Detroit Police Say Enter the City at Your Own Risk

Abandon all hope ye who enter here. Here being Detroit.

A recent report by the Detroit Police Officers Association offers a strict warning to those who plan to visit the city, saying that due to “grossly understaffed” and overworked law enforcement, people now enter the Motor City at their own risk.

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The Top 10 Fall Attractions In The Traverse Area [Sponsored]

As summer comes to a close and fall ramps up, now is the perfect time to visit Northern Michigan.  The leaves begin to morph the already gorgeous landscape into something even more breathtaking.  And that is just the beginning, there are attractions for everyone in the family.  Read on for the top 10 fall attractions in Northern Michigan.

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Michigan Lottery Winner Kept Getting Welfare — Overdoses And Dies [FBHW]

This is an odd, somewhat sad, story of a Michigan woman who won a million dollars from the lottery.  Amanda Clayton won the lottery last fall yet continued to use food stamps in to purchase groceries.  What she did was completely legal, although it does cross a few moral and ethical lines.  About a year after winning the lotto, Amanda was found dead of an apparent overdose on September 29th.

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