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      <title>Michigan’s Oldest Road Still Has Cars Cruising Down It Today</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:45:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This Michigan road is Michigan's oldest and has a lot of interesting history. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/44/p/michigans-oldest-road/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This Michigan road is Michigan&apos;s oldest and has a lot of interesting history. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/44/p/michigans-oldest-road/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Here’s The Best And Worst Times For Michiganders To Travel For The Holidays</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2021 12:27:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[It's one of the busiest travel times of the year and AAA has forecasted the best and worst times for people to be on the roads. <a href="https://wgrd.com/heres-the-best-and-worst-times-for-michiganders-to-travel-for-the-holidays/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It&apos;s one of the busiest travel times of the year and AAA has forecasted the best and worst times for people to be on the roads. <a href="https://wgrd.com/heres-the-best-and-worst-times-for-michiganders-to-travel-for-the-holidays/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Electric Scooters and Bikes Coming to Roads in Muskegon</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2019 13:02:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The move could bring companies that rent and sell bikes and scooters to Muskegon. <a href="https://wgrd.com/electric-scooters-and-bikes-coming-to-roads-in-muskegon/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The move could bring companies that rent and sell bikes and scooters to Muskegon. <a href="https://wgrd.com/electric-scooters-and-bikes-coming-to-roads-in-muskegon/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Milhouse]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Grand Rapids Ranks Poorly on List of Best Cities for Bicycling</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2019 19:29:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Grand Rapids got a 1.5 rating out of a possible 5.0. <a href="https://wgrd.com/grand-rapids-ranks-poorly-on-list-of-best-cities-for-bicycling/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Grand Rapids got a 1.5 rating out of a possible 5.0. <a href="https://wgrd.com/grand-rapids-ranks-poorly-on-list-of-best-cities-for-bicycling/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">Matt Milhouse, TSM</media:description>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Milhouse]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>MDOT Needs Volunteers to Monitor West Michigan Roads This Winter</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2018 15:20:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Road Watchers will be polled randomly and asked to participate in an online survey about the road conditions they encountered. <a href="https://wgrd.com/mdot-needs-volunteers-to-monitor-west-michigan-roads-this-winter/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Road Watchers will be polled randomly and asked to participate in an online survey about the road conditions they encountered. <a href="https://wgrd.com/mdot-needs-volunteers-to-monitor-west-michigan-roads-this-winter/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Milhouse]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>The City Took So Long To Fix A Sinkhole That The Residents Actually Grew Tomatoes In It</title>
      <link>https://wgrd.com/the-city-took-so-long-to-fix-a-sinkhole-that-the-residents-actually-grew-tomatoes-in-it/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2018 13:30:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This towns solution to a bad pot hole is hilarious. Finally Something was done about it!  <a href="https://wgrd.com/the-city-took-so-long-to-fix-a-sinkhole-that-the-residents-actually-grew-tomatoes-in-it/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This towns solution to a bad pot hole is hilarious. Finally Something was done about it!  <a href="https://wgrd.com/the-city-took-so-long-to-fix-a-sinkhole-that-the-residents-actually-grew-tomatoes-in-it/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Producer Justin]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>See All of Michigan’s Major Road Repair Projects Planned for 2018</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2018 19:19:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Planned projects in Grand Rapids run from now until December. <a href="https://wgrd.com/see-all-of-michigans-major-road-repair-projects-planned-for-2018/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Planned projects in Grand Rapids run from now until December. <a href="https://wgrd.com/see-all-of-michigans-major-road-repair-projects-planned-for-2018/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Milhouse]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Bridge of Death – FBHW Segment 16</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2017 19:57:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Today on Segment 16, the guys check out a story about the problem of the Sixth Street Bridge, AKA the Narrow Bridge of Death, that crosses the Grand River. It's not very wide, and can be scary for people passing each other. Should it be torn down or renovated? <a href="https://wgrd.com/bridge-of-death-fbhw-segment-16/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Today on Segment 16, the guys check out a story about the problem of the Sixth Street Bridge, AKA the Narrow Bridge of Death, that crosses the Grand River. It&apos;s not very wide, and can be scary for people passing each other. Should it be torn down or renovated? <a href="https://wgrd.com/bridge-of-death-fbhw-segment-16/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnnie Walker]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Dead Body On Gurney Falls From The Back Of Coroner’s Van, Comes To Rest In An Intersection</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2017 13:14:43 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Holy Sh**!!! A woman in my home state of Washington was driving down the road and saw something nobody thought was possible! She saw a dead body!!! Ew!!!!!  <a href="https://wgrd.com/dead-body-on-gurney-falls-from-the-back-of-coroners-van-comes-to-rest-in-an-intersection/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Holy Sh**!!! A woman in my home state of Washington was driving down the road and saw something nobody thought was possible! She saw a dead body!!! Ew!!!!!  <a href="https://wgrd.com/dead-body-on-gurney-falls-from-the-back-of-coroners-van-comes-to-rest-in-an-intersection/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Free Beer and Hot Wings]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>UPDATE: Rhode Island Man Forced To Remove His Stinky Clam Shell Road</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2017 09:27:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[CLAMS!!!! Here is an update from a story we shared with you last week. We hope the nasty clam smell fades very soon.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/update-rhode-island-man-forced-to-remove-his-stinky-clam-shell-road/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[CLAMS!!!! Here is an update from a story we shared with you last week. We hope the nasty clam smell fades very soon.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/update-rhode-island-man-forced-to-remove-his-stinky-clam-shell-road/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Free Beer and Hot Wings]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>People Are Not Happy That Their Neighbor Paved His Driveway With Rotting Clam Shells</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2017 11:01:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In Tiverton, Rhode Island, police and the state Department of Environmental Management are investigating what smells like a zombie apocalypse. <a href="https://wgrd.com/people-are-not-happy-that-their-neighbor-paved-his-driveway-with-rotting-clam-shells/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In Tiverton, Rhode Island, police and the state Department of Environmental Management are investigating what smells like a zombie apocalypse. <a href="https://wgrd.com/people-are-not-happy-that-their-neighbor-paved-his-driveway-with-rotting-clam-shells/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Solar Roadways Crowd Sourcing New Road and Parking Lot Tech – This is Cool</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2014 18:07:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The video is kind of dry, and low-buck-style, but the tech seems pretty cool, and the idea is nice.  Imagine all the roads being replaced with screens that can update road conditions, melt the snow off itself, provide it's own lighting, collect power for cars and cities, and transmit wifi signals for us while we drive!  Solar Roadways is the Indiegogo campaign to bring all this to us. <a href="https://wgrd.com/solar-roadways-crowd-sourcing-new-road-and-parking-lot-tech-this-is-cool/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The video is kind of dry, and low-buck-style, but the tech seems pretty cool, and the idea is nice. &nbsp;Imagine all the roads being replaced with screens that can update road conditions, melt the snow off itself, provide it&apos;s own lighting, collect power for cars and cities, and transmit wifi signals for us while we drive! &nbsp;Solar Roadways is the Indiegogo campaign to bring all this to us. <a href="https://wgrd.com/solar-roadways-crowd-sourcing-new-road-and-parking-lot-tech-this-is-cool/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnnie Walker]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>If You Use I-196E a Lot – Prepare for Life to Suck for the Next 6 Months</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2014 14:44:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[MDOT has announced that beginning May 12th, I-196 eastbound north of the US-31 split will be under construction through October 31st!  Seven miles of I-196 will be worked on, and only one lane will be open each way.
The 56th and 58th street bridges will be closed intermittently (meaning: when you need them). <a href="https://wgrd.com/if-you-use-i-196e-a-lot-prepare-for-life-to-suck-for-the-next-6-months/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[MDOT has announced that beginning May 12th, I-196 eastbound north of the US-31 split will be under construction through October 31st! &nbsp;Seven miles of I-196 will be worked on, and only one lane will be open each way.
The 56th and 58th street bridges will be closed intermittently (meaning: when you need them). <a href="https://wgrd.com/if-you-use-i-196e-a-lot-prepare-for-life-to-suck-for-the-next-6-months/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnnie Walker]]></dc:creator>
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