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      <title>Explained: Understanding Michigan’s Expressway Ramp Codes</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2024 23:00:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Every single expressway exit in the state has a tiny code on each on and off ramp. They may seem totally random but there is a system if you know how to decode it. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/45/p/michigan-ramp-identification-system/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Do You Know About the Hidden Michigan Tunnels?</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2024 16:28:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[From Kalamazoo to Albion and Detroit, there is a surprising number of hidden tunnel systems throughout Michigan. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/hidden-michigan-tunnels/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[From Kalamazoo to Albion and Detroit, there is a surprising number of hidden tunnel systems throughout Michigan. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/hidden-michigan-tunnels/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Watch Michigan Duo 'War and Treaty' Honor Matthew Perry at Emmys</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2024 20:00:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Michael and Tanya Trotter from Albion, Michigan, known as The War and Treaty, perform an In Memoriam tribute alongside Charlie Puth at the 2023 Emmy Awards <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/emmys-tribute-war-and-treaty-michigan-charlie-puth/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Michael and Tanya Trotter from Albion, Michigan, known as The War and Treaty, perform an In Memoriam tribute alongside Charlie Puth at the 2023 Emmy Awards <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/emmys-tribute-war-and-treaty-michigan-charlie-puth/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>10 Most Dangerous Michigan Cities 2023</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2023 19:13:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Do you live in one of the 10 most dangerous cities in Michigan? <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/84/p/most-dangerous-michigan-cities/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Do you live in one of the 10 most dangerous cities in Michigan? <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/84/p/most-dangerous-michigan-cities/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Maggie Meadows]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Wait, Did Mother's Day Really Start in Michigan?</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2023 17:22:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Despite most credit going to Anna Jarvis, Juliet Calhoun Blakeley of Albion, Michigan is known as "The Mother of Mother's Day". <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/first-mothers-day-albion-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Despite most credit going to Anna Jarvis, Juliet Calhoun Blakeley of Albion, Michigan is known as &quot;The Mother of Mother&apos;s Day&quot;. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/first-mothers-day-albion-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Gordon]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Albion Facebook Marketplace Lists ‘Gently Used’ Adult Bedroom Sets</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 11:19:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This is NOT what I was expecting when looking for new furniture on Facebook Marketplace. <a href="https://wgrd.com/albion-marketplace-bdsm-bedroom-set/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This is NOT what I was expecting when looking for new furniture on Facebook Marketplace. <a href="https://wgrd.com/albion-marketplace-bdsm-bedroom-set/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Meatball]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>First Female Student Ever Admitted to U of M Was From Kalamazoo</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2023 16:45:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Madelon Stockwell Turner was the first female student admitted to the University of Michigan. A resident of Kalamazoo, Madelon graduated in 1872. <a href="https://wgrd.com/madelon-stockwell-kalamazoo-michigan-u-of-m/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Madelon Stockwell Turner was the first female student admitted to the University of Michigan. A resident of Kalamazoo, Madelon graduated in 1872. <a href="https://wgrd.com/madelon-stockwell-kalamazoo-michigan-u-of-m/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Albion, Michigan Based Americana Group ‘The War and Treaty’ Delivers Knockout Rolling Stones Cover at 2022 CMA Awards</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2022 17:43:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The wider world of music may not have been familiar with the Americana group 'The War and Treaty' based out of Albion, Michigan, but after a command performance at the 2022 CMA Awards, this duo belongs on your radar. <a href="https://wgrd.com/the-war-and-treaty-cma-awards/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Meier]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>This Abandoned Tunnel Under I-94 Once Kept a One Room Schoolhouse in Michigan Operating</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 15:39:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[An interesting piece of history that also tells a story of its day sits in a rural area of southern Michigan and lies just beneath a busy interstate highway <a href="https://wgrd.com/this-abandoned-tunnel-under-i-94-once-kept-a-one-room-schoolhouse-in-michigan-operating/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[An interesting piece of history that also tells a story of its day sits in a rural area of southern Michigan and lies just beneath a busy interstate highway <a href="https://wgrd.com/this-abandoned-tunnel-under-i-94-once-kept-a-one-room-schoolhouse-in-michigan-operating/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">Abandoned tunnel under I-94 near Albion - Courtesy Steve Mills</media:description>
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      <title>Person Of Interest In Mary Lands Disappearance Accused In Teen Rape Case</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2018 00:56:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[An Albion man, who is said to be a person of interest in the 2004 disappearance of Mary Lands, has been arrested for the alleged sexual assault of a teenager. <a href="https://wgrd.com/mary-lands-albion-teen-rape-suspect/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[An Albion man, who is said to be a person of interest in the 2004 disappearance of Mary Lands, has been arrested for the alleged sexual assault of a teenager. <a href="https://wgrd.com/mary-lands-albion-teen-rape-suspect/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandon James]]></dc:creator>
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