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Today, Syria, at a distance: what it’s meant to witness the civil war from thousands of miles away in Michigan. Also, Michigan State University devises a new system for handling ethics concerns about its investments. Plus, neighbors in Benzie County offer a hand to folks facing fiscal emergency.

Besides lakes and summer tourism, northwest Michigan's towns have become known for something else: a lack of affordable housing. Stateside spoke with two members of the Sleeping Bear Gateways Council about a potential solution — turning a vacant school into residences for workers.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Farmers in five northern Lower Peninsula counties are getting a dispensation from Michigan to shoot deer as a way to reduce…