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National Guardsmen delivered bottled water in Flint earlier this year.

Michigan setting aside more money for disasters

Steve Carmody

The state of Michigan is setting aside more money for future disasters and emergencies.This past week, Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill to raise the cap on…

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Grand Traverse County relies on Good Samaritans, not animal control to find strays

Stateside Staff

Something is missing from Grand Traverse County’s 2016 budget: its Animal Control Department. The county shut down the entire department, and the…

Michigan widens northern farmers' deer hunt rights

The Associated Press

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…