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      <title>The 10 Most Conservative Michigan Cities 2024</title>
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      <title>Grand Theft Buggy? Woman In Sturgis Faces Charges For Stealing Amish Ride</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[If your birthday is in January, there is a good chance you could be sharing it with one of these famous people who were born or lived in Michigan. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/44/p/michigan-celebrities-born-in-january/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Here's How Much The Classic Hot 'n Now Sign in Sturgis Sold For</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2023 22:00:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[After weeks on the auction block the classic menu board from the last remaining Hot 'n Now restaurant in Sturgis, Michigan has sold. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/hot-n-now-sign-sold-sturgis-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[After weeks on the auction block the classic menu board from the last remaining Hot &apos;n Now restaurant in Sturgis, Michigan has sold. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/hot-n-now-sign-sold-sturgis-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Classic Menu Board From Michigan's Last Hot 'n Now Up For Grabs</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2023 18:35:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The last remaining Hot 'n Now in operation updates their menu board. The original board is up for auction in Sturgis, Michigan. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/hot-n-now-michigan-menu-board-auction/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The last remaining Hot &apos;n Now in operation updates their menu board. The original board is up for auction in Sturgis, Michigan. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/hot-n-now-michigan-menu-board-auction/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>5 Years Gone: Disappearance of Brittany Wallace Shank of Sturgis</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Brittany was a 23-year-old mother of 4 who went missing from Sturgis, Michigan (November 30th, 2018!) In 7 weeks it will be 5 years since Brittany disappeared from Fawn River Road.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/690/p/sturgis-brittany-wallace-shank-missing/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Brittany was a 23-year-old mother of 4 who went missing from Sturgis, Michigan (November 30th, 2018!) In 7 weeks it will be 5 years since Brittany disappeared from Fawn River Road.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/690/p/sturgis-brittany-wallace-shank-missing/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Roughly 300, maybe 400 items will be affected by a pricing rollback out of the roughly 8,000 items that Dollar Tree sells <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/690/p/dollar-tree-lower-prices/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <description><![CDATA[Wendy's founder Dave Thomas spent his early years growing up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Thomas credits local burger joint Kewpee Hamburgers as the inspiration to create Wendy's. <a href="https://wgrd.com/wendys-dave-thomas-kewpee-kalamazoo-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Wendy&apos;s founder Dave Thomas spent his early years growing up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Thomas credits local burger joint Kewpee Hamburgers as the inspiration to create Wendy&apos;s. <a href="https://wgrd.com/wendys-dave-thomas-kewpee-kalamazoo-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2022 18:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The popular Michigan-based fast food chain at one point operated in nearly 15 states. Today there is only one Hot 'n Now location still in operation in Sturgis, Michigan. <a href="https://wgrd.com/former-hot-n-now-restaurants-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The popular Michigan-based fast food chain at one point operated in nearly 15 states. Today there is only one Hot &apos;n Now location still in operation in Sturgis, Michigan. <a href="https://wgrd.com/former-hot-n-now-restaurants-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Coldwater Dairy Queen Clarifies They Did NOT Break Child Labor Rule</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2022 08:52:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Recent news has broken about child labor violations that took place at multiple Dairy Queen stores in Bluffton, Decatur Fort Wayne, and Indianapolis in Indiana and at one location off of U.S. 12 in Sturgis, Michigan. <a href="https://wgrd.com/sturgis-dairy-queen-child-labor-rule/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Recent news has broken about child labor violations that took place at multiple Dairy Queen stores in Bluffton, Decatur Fort Wayne, and Indianapolis in Indiana and at one location off of U.S. 12 in Sturgis, Michigan. <a href="https://wgrd.com/sturgis-dairy-queen-child-labor-rule/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Fun Photos Capture Love of Couple and Their Love of Hot ‘N Now</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2021 17:44:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[If this photo shoot was classic literature, it might be called "Love Among the Burgers (and Fries)". But at a time where there's been little to smile about, here's something that will give you reason to not only smile, but to get hungry. <a href="https://wgrd.com/hot-n-now-fans/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[If this photo shoot was classic literature, it might be called &quot;Love Among the Burgers (and Fries)&quot;. But at a time where there&apos;s been little to smile about, here&apos;s something that will give you reason to not only smile, but to get hungry. <a href="https://wgrd.com/hot-n-now-fans/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>23-Year-Old St. Joseph County Woman Missing Since Nov. 30</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2019 17:28:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[She was last seen on Nov. 30, 2018, around 9:40 p.m. in the 33000 block of Fawn River Road near Sturgis. <a href="https://wgrd.com/23-year-old-st-joseph-county-woman-missing-since-nov-30/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[She was last seen on Nov. 30, 2018, around 9:40 p.m. in the 33000 block of Fawn River Road near Sturgis. <a href="https://wgrd.com/23-year-old-st-joseph-county-woman-missing-since-nov-30/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department</media:description>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Milhouse]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>St. Joseph County Cemetery Vandalized, More Than 30 Headstones Damaged</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2016 21:02:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The second cemetery in a month in Southwest Michigan has been vandalized.
Sturgis Police are looking for suspects who damaged more than 30 headstones at Oaklawn Cemetery in St. Joseph County, MLive reports. <a href="https://wgrd.com/st-joseph-county-cemetery-vandalized-more-than-30-headstones-damaged/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The second cemetery in&nbsp;a month in Southwest Michigan has been vandalized.
Sturgis Police are looking for suspects who damaged more than 30 headstones at Oaklawn Cemetery in St. Joseph County, MLive reports. <a href="https://wgrd.com/st-joseph-county-cemetery-vandalized-more-than-30-headstones-damaged/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Janna]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Full Throttle Saloon Burns Down</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2015 16:49:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Tuesday morning, the Full Throttle Saloon in Sturgis caught fire. The fire looks like it has completely destroyed the bar, and it was on the ground by 3 a.m. this morning. There have been no injuries reported, luckily!
So far, we don't know how or where the fire started, but I've heard reports that when the fire hit the distillery, 500 gallons of grain alcohol exploded, and there was pretty much n <a href="https://wgrd.com/the-full-throttle-saloon-burnt-down-last-night-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Tuesday morning, the Full Throttle Saloon in Sturgis caught fire. The fire looks like it has completely destroyed the bar, and it was on the ground by 3 a.m. this morning. There have been no injuries reported, luckily!
So far, we don't know how or where the fire started, but I've heard reports that when the fire hit the distillery, 500 gallons of grain alcohol exploded, and there was pretty much n <a href="https://wgrd.com/the-full-throttle-saloon-burnt-down-last-night-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnnie Walker]]></dc:creator>
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