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      <title>Gaylord’s Secret: A City-Funded Elk Herd Waiting To Be Explored</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 18:22:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Discover the city-funded elk herd behind the Elks Lodge in Gaylord, Michigan! Learn about their history and how to view them for free. <a href="https://wgrd.com/gaylord-elk-herd-viewing-experience/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Discover the city-funded elk herd behind the Elks Lodge in Gaylord, Michigan! Learn about their history and how to view them for free. <a href="https://wgrd.com/gaylord-elk-herd-viewing-experience/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>More Major Michigan Banks Closing in 2024</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 15:52:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Dozens of articles reporting different bank closures have popped up this week.  Here are the bank locations closing in Michigan. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/michigan-banks-closing-2024/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Dozens of articles reporting different bank closures have popped up this week.  Here are the bank locations closing in Michigan. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/michigan-banks-closing-2024/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Michiganders Who Despise Roundabouts Are In For A Rude Awakening</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 18:04:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Michiganders who are strongly opposed to roundabouts and Michigan Lefts will soon have another interchange to navigate, diverging diamonds. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/michigan-roundabout-interchange/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Michiganders who are strongly opposed to roundabouts and Michigan Lefts will soon have another interchange to navigate, diverging diamonds. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/michigan-roundabout-interchange/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Gordon]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>An Overly Complex New Highway Interchange Is Coming to a Very Small Northern Michigan Town</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2024 21:00:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The Michigan Department of Transportation plans to construct a diverging diamond interchange (DDI) in Gaylord. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/45/p/diverging-diamond-interchange-gaylord/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Michigan Department of Transportation plans to construct a diverging diamond interchange (DDI) in Gaylord. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/45/p/diverging-diamond-interchange-gaylord/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Gaylord Group Tricked To Think Polar Bears Were Spotted In MI</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2024 14:51:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The post came on the Gaylord Helping Gaylord No Rules Facebook group, but it was what the picture was captured with that had everybody fooled. Jacob told the group that the picture was taken of the polar bears walking down McCoy by Krys Rd. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/690/p/ploar-bears-in-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The post came on the Gaylord Helping Gaylord No Rules Facebook group, but it was what the picture was captured with that had everybody fooled. Jacob told the group that the picture was taken of the polar bears walking down McCoy by Krys Rd. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/690/p/ploar-bears-in-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Frankhouse]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>ID's "Let Us Prey" Docuseries Highlights Michigan Cult Church</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2023 15:45:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The documentary uncovers some terrifying scandals. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/656/p/investigation-discoverys-let-us-prey-docuseries-highlights-michigan-cult-church/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The documentary uncovers some terrifying scandals. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/656/p/investigation-discoverys-let-us-prey-docuseries-highlights-michigan-cult-church/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Harrison]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>October Temperatures Have Broken 100-Year-old Michigan Records</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2023 14:09:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Is it Fall Yet? <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/690/p/hot-october-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Meatball]]></dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[Quaint, cute, adorable...however you describe them these little downtown areas in Michigan are worth the visit.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/adorable-downtowns-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Quaint, cute, adorable...however you describe them these little downtown areas in Michigan are worth the visit.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/adorable-downtowns-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chelsea Rose]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>UPDATE: Illness Killing Dogs in Northern Michigan Identified as Canine Parvovirus</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Results from the additional testing facilitated by the MDARD and completed by the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (MSU VDL) have revealed the illness impacting dogs in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula to be canine parvovirus. 

 <a href="https://wgrd.com/dogs-sick-dying-in-northern-michigan-from-unknown-disease/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Results from the additional testing facilitated by the MDARD and completed by the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (MSU VDL) have revealed the illness impacting dogs in Michigan&#x2019;s northern Lower Peninsula to be canine parvovirus. 

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      <title>Five City Names that Michiganders Say Wrong!</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2022 09:34:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Being in Michigan, people notice how different the city names are. Here are five of the city names that Michiganders say wrong. <a href="https://wgrd.com/9-city-names-that-michiganders-say-wrong/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Being in Michigan, people notice how different the city names are. Here are five of the city names that Michiganders say wrong. <a href="https://wgrd.com/9-city-names-that-michiganders-say-wrong/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Michigan Police Need Your Help Identifying These Two People In Gaylord</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2022 16:31:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The Michigan State Police are asking the public for help identifying two people that were seen walking around the Nottingham Forest Mobile Home Park after being notified of two unauthorized individuals going through the area. <a href="https://wgrd.com/msp-looking-for-these-two-in-gaylord/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Michigan State Police are asking the public for help identifying two people that were seen walking around the Nottingham Forest Mobile Home Park after being notified of two unauthorized individuals going through the area. <a href="https://wgrd.com/msp-looking-for-these-two-in-gaylord/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Two Ways You Can Help People In Gaylord After The Tornado</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2022 04:00:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[On Friday Gaylord, Michigan was hit by an EF-3 tornado which packed damaging winds up to 140 miles per hour. If you're looking to help out, there are several ways you can do so. <a href="https://wgrd.com/gaylord-tornado-help/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[On Friday Gaylord, Michigan was hit by an EF-3 tornado which packed damaging winds up to 140 miles per hour. If you&apos;re looking to help out, there are several ways you can do so. <a href="https://wgrd.com/gaylord-tornado-help/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Video Compilation Shows Massive Destruction of Gaylord Tornado</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2022 14:54:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[More than 40 people were injured and at least two people killed after a tornado ripped through Gaylord Friday afternoon. <a href="https://wgrd.com/videos-photos-gaylord-michigan-tornado/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[More than 40 people were injured and at least two people killed after a tornado ripped through Gaylord Friday afternoon. <a href="https://wgrd.com/videos-photos-gaylord-michigan-tornado/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Gaylord Woman Shares Near Death Experience From Tornado Online</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2022 10:04:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The most terrifying experience of my life. I just watched a tornado tear through Hobby Lobby while i stood frozen in the isle. The screams. Watching the roof come off. The wind and the rain and the darkness crushed through the back of the store and I just stood there and watched because I had no idea how to take cover. <a href="https://wgrd.com/gaylord-tornado-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The most terrifying experience of my life. I just watched a tornado tear through Hobby Lobby while i stood frozen in the isle. The screams. Watching the roof come off. The wind and the rain and the darkness crushed through the back of the store and I just stood there and watched because I had no idea how to take cover. <a href="https://wgrd.com/gaylord-tornado-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>5 More Oversized Foods You Can See in Michigan TODAY</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2022 16:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[With spring break upon us here in West Michigan, here is a fun and unique idea road trip idea to explore Michigan and it's bizarre oversized food artwork. <a href="https://wgrd.com/5-more-oversized-foods-in-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[With spring break upon us here in West Michigan, here is a fun and unique idea road trip idea to explore Michigan and it&apos;s bizarre oversized food artwork. <a href="https://wgrd.com/5-more-oversized-foods-in-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2021 15:54:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Whenever I cross the 45th parallel, I kind of geek out. I don't know why. Maybe it's because it's a reminder of how much there is to see out in the world. Maybe it's because the sign is a physical testament that I'm in new surroundings. Maybe it's Michigan pride coming through. Where can you get a decent picture next to a 45th parallel sign? <a href="https://wgrd.com/the-best-45th-parallel-sign-to-take-a-picture-by/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Whenever I cross the 45th parallel, I kind of geek out. I don&apos;t know why. Maybe it&apos;s because it&apos;s a reminder of how much there is to see out in the world. Maybe it&apos;s because the sign is a physical testament that I&apos;m in new surroundings. Maybe it&apos;s Michigan pride coming through. Where can you get a decent picture next to a 45th parallel sign? <a href="https://wgrd.com/the-best-45th-parallel-sign-to-take-a-picture-by/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Casey Daniels]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Michigan Snowmobile Festival In Gaylord Has Been Canceled</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2021 18:22:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Organizers waited as long as they could before canceling the event this year due to COVID-19 restrictions.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-snowmobile-festival-in-gaylord-has-been-canceled/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Organizers waited as long as they could before canceling the event this year due to COVID-19 restrictions.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-snowmobile-festival-in-gaylord-has-been-canceled/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">c3nsored</media:description>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Sparks]]></dc:creator>
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