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      <title>New Podcast Explores Mysterious Disappearance of West Michigan Man</title>
      <link>https://wgrd.com/derrick-henagan-missing-michigan-podcast/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2024 20:24:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In 2008, a 35-year-old man from West Michigan suddenly and mysteriously vanished from the Upper Peninsula. A new podcast from the Detroit Free Press is exploring the case. <a href="https://wgrd.com/derrick-henagan-missing-michigan-podcast/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Grand Rapids Ranks 6th In Fastest-Selling Housing Markets</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 15:59:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Discover why Grand Rapids ranks among the top housing markets in the US for selling your home in just 11 days! <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/45/p/grand-rapids-top-10-housing-markets/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Discover why Grand Rapids ranks among the top housing markets in the US for selling your home in just 11 days! <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/45/p/grand-rapids-top-10-housing-markets/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>What Is That Thing Flying Around Michigan? A Chainsaw Massacre?</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 19:13:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Michigan residents witness unique aerial tree trimming method with chainsaw-like contraption attached to helicopter. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/45/p/saws-flying-michigan-skies/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Michigan residents witness unique aerial tree trimming method with chainsaw-like contraption attached to helicopter. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/45/p/saws-flying-michigan-skies/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Saw-Wielding Helicopter Is Coming for Southwest Michigan</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 02:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This thing is wild looking! <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/690/p/michigan-helicopter-with-saw-blades/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This thing is wild looking! <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/690/p/michigan-helicopter-with-saw-blades/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Meatball]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>West Michigan Lions Fans Miss Out on Ford Field Playoff Game Due to Impossible, Impassable Travel Conditions</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2024 22:39:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Extreme winter weather in West and Southwest Michigan is causing concern for Detroit Lions fans trying to make it to their first postseason game at Ford Field. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/45/p/west-michigan-lions-fans-road-conditions-january-2024/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Extreme winter weather in West and Southwest Michigan is causing concern for Detroit Lions fans trying to make it to their first postseason game at Ford Field. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/45/p/west-michigan-lions-fans-road-conditions-january-2024/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Michigan’s Largest Pagan &amp; Witchcraft Shop In Hartford, Michigan</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 08:55:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Artes & Craft is a shop located at 67103 Red Arrow Highway in Hartford, and as soon as you walk in, they're there to greet you with a friendly welcome and an adorable kitty named Opal Jones, who happens to be the Customer Satisfaction Manager. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/690/p/artes-craft-hartford-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Artes &amp; Craft is a shop located at 67103 Red Arrow Highway in Hartford, and as soon as you walk in, they&apos;re there to greet you with a friendly welcome and an adorable kitty named Opal Jones, who happens to be the Customer Satisfaction Manager. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/690/p/artes-craft-hartford-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Frankhouse]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>WATCH: Did Michigan Couple Capture Disembodied Voice In Cemetery?</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2022 11:30:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[While walking around a cemetery and filming we got some audio that clearly has some other talking on it....no claims to ghosts but definitely not something we can explain. <a href="https://wgrd.com/hartford-cemetery-ghost/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[While walking around a cemetery and filming we got some audio that clearly has some other talking on it....no claims to ghosts but definitely not something we can explain. <a href="https://wgrd.com/hartford-cemetery-ghost/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Frankhouse]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>West Michigan Boy Who Stood Up To YouTube Bullies Gets Invited to White House</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2015 15:08:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[An 11-year-old Hartford boy recently did something very brave: he confronted online bullies by reading their hurtful comments out loud and posting the video to YouTube.
Logan's bold message "to encourage other people to not bully people online and to encourage other people that have been bullied to not let words hurt them” is getting a lot of attention, including that of the White House.
Read <a href="https://wgrd.com/west-michigan-boy-who-stood-up-to-youtube-bullies-gets-invited-to-white-house/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[An 11-year-old Hartford boy recently did something very brave: he confronted online bullies by reading their hurtful comments out loud and posting the video to YouTube.
Logan's bold message &quot;to encourage other people to not bully people online and to encourage other people that have been bullied to not let words hurt them” is getting a lot of attention, including that of the White House.
Read <a href="https://wgrd.com/west-michigan-boy-who-stood-up-to-youtube-bullies-gets-invited-to-white-house/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>West Michigan Boy Confronts YouTube Bullies in Viral Video</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2015 16:36:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A father and son from Hartford, Mich., have been posting funny prank videos to YouTube for the past year.
When 11-year-old Logan Fairbanks noticed cruel comments directed at him online, he asked his dad, Josh, to film him doing something extremely brave: confronting internet bullies. <a href="https://wgrd.com/west-michigan-boy-confronts-youtube-bullies-in-viral-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A father and son from Hartford, Mich., have been posting funny prank videos to YouTube for the past year.
When 11-year-old Logan Fairbanks noticed cruel comments directed at him online, he asked his dad, Josh, to film him doing something extremely brave: confronting internet bullies. <a href="https://wgrd.com/west-michigan-boy-confronts-youtube-bullies-in-viral-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">Josh Fairbanks via YouTube</media:description>
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      <title>Free Beer &amp; Hot Wings: Woman Kicked Off Flight Because Her Pet Pig Caused Problems [Video]</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2014 12:46:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Let's just say it right here: Pets don't belong on planes. <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-woman-kicked-off-flight-because-her-pet-pig-caused-problems-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Let&apos;s just say it right here: Pets don&apos;t belong on planes. <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-woman-kicked-off-flight-because-her-pet-pig-caused-problems-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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