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      <title>Clean Up Lingers After 45 Years at Michigan’s Contaminated ‘Temple of Doom’ Site</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 21:00:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>5 Weird Ways Your License Plate May Get You Ticketed in Michigan</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:42:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Most Michigan drivers don't know these 5 unusual ways your license plate could actually cost you a ticket. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/michigan-license-plate-ticket/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Want to be a Conservation Officer? Michigan DNR is Hiring</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:15:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>13 States Have Official State Dogs, is Michigan One of Them?</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 18:53:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Is Michigan among the 13 U.S. states who have designate an official state dog breed? <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/official-state-dog-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Is Michigan among the 13 U.S. states who have designate an official state dog breed? <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/official-state-dog-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Just HOW Much Land Do Michigan's Largest Landowners Control?</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2023 14:04:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Between public, private, and foreign ownership, who controls Michigan's nearly 61 million acres of land? <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/largest-landowner-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Between public, private, and foreign ownership, who controls Michigan&apos;s nearly 61 million acres of land? <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/largest-landowner-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Hey Michigan! Here's How to Dispose of Pumpkins After Halloween</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2023 18:37:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Michigan is the 4th highest producer of pumpkins in the nation. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/best-way-dispose-pumpkin-halloween-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>State of Michigan's 2023 Christmas Tree Is Also Touching Tribute </title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 17:22:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The State of Michigan's official 2023 Christmas tree comes from Onaway, Michigan resident Vic Ruppert and his family as a tribute to his late wife Shirley. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/state-of-michigan-christmas-tree/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The State of Michigan&apos;s official 2023 Christmas tree comes from Onaway, Michigan resident Vic Ruppert and his family as a tribute to his late wife Shirley. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/state-of-michigan-christmas-tree/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Do You Have Unclaimed Property Being Held By The State of Michigan?</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2023 15:09:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The State of Michigan says that you may have unclaimed money that's due to you. You may even be an heir and not know It! <a href="https://wgrd.com/do-you-have-unclaimed-property-being-held-by-the-state-of-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The State of Michigan says that you may have unclaimed money that&apos;s due to you. You may even be an heir and not know It! <a href="https://wgrd.com/do-you-have-unclaimed-property-being-held-by-the-state-of-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>The State of Michigan May Have Unclaimed Money For You</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2023 16:12:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The State of Michigan may have a surprise for you -- some money you are owed that you didn't know about. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/46/p/michigan-unclaimed-property/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The State of Michigan may have a surprise for you -- some money you are owed that you didn&apos;t know about. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/46/p/michigan-unclaimed-property/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Gov. Whitmer Activates Michigan State of Emergency Operations Center Due to Winter Storm</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2022 14:55:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[With a blizzard warning in effect and a powerful winter storm moving through Michigan, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has activated the State Emergency Operations Center as of 1 p.m. Friday. <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-state-of-emergency-operations-center-activated-winter-storm/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[With a blizzard warning in effect and a powerful winter storm moving through Michigan, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has activated the State Emergency Operations Center as of 1 p.m. Friday. <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-state-of-emergency-operations-center-activated-winter-storm/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Unlike This Year, Michigan’s Minimum Wage Will Increase in 2022</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2021 01:22:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[I thought it had been a while since I'd heard about minimum wage increasing in Michigan... yep, that's because we missed a year. <a href="https://wgrd.com/unlike-this-year-michigans-minimum-wage-will-increase-in-2022/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I thought it had been a while since I&apos;d heard about minimum wage increasing in Michigan... yep, that&apos;s because we missed a year. <a href="https://wgrd.com/unlike-this-year-michigans-minimum-wage-will-increase-in-2022/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <description><![CDATA[Soon Michiganders may select a non-binary option as the sex on their driver's licenses and state identification cards. <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-residents-soon-able-to-identify-as-non-binary-on-drivers-licenses/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Looking for a Job? The State of Michigan is Hiring</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2021 23:56:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The State of Michigan is looking to fill more than 470 positions. <a href="https://wgrd.com/looking-for-a-job-the-state-of-michigan-is-hiring-14/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The State of Michigan is looking to fill more than 470 positions. <a href="https://wgrd.com/looking-for-a-job-the-state-of-michigan-is-hiring-14/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Looking for a Job? The State of Michigan is Hiring</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2021 22:45:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The State of Michigan is looking to fill more than 460 positions. <a href="https://wgrd.com/looking-for-a-job-the-state-of-michigan-is-hiring-13/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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