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- AAA Michigan: State gas prices up 7 cents
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- DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - AAA Michigan says gasoline prices are up 7 cents per gallon over the past week to a statewide average of $2.78.
The auto club said Tuesday the statewide average is 25 cents per gallon higher than last year at this time... Full story
- 2 small planes crash in west Michigan, no injuries
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- CALEDONIA, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say four flight instructors escaped injury in separate crashes of two small planes in western Michigan.
A plane with two instructors aboard crashed into a cornfield in Kent County after its engine quit Mon... Full story
- Floating cooler saves man after Lake Huron capsize
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- PRESQUE ISLE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard says a man whose boat capsized in the chilly waters of northern Lake Michigan survived for four hours by clinging to a floating cooler.
The Coast Guard says the 46-year-old man didn't ... Full story
- High waves knock man off pier into Lake Michigan
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- LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) - Dive teams are searching for a man believed to have drowned in Lake Michigan after high waves knocked him off a pier in Ludington.
Police Chief Mark Barnett tells radio station WKLA-FM the missing man is Anupam Bhatta... Full story

- Small plane crashes into W. Mich. cornfield
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- CALEDONIA, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say a single-engine plane with two flight instructors onboard crashed into a cornfield in western Michigan after its engine quit.
Kent County sheriff's Sgt. Corey Luce says both people escaped uninjured as... Full story
- Pit bull owner fined after dogs kill sheep herd
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- BAD AXE, Mich. (AP) - A Port Hope man whose pit bulls escaped and killed a sheep herd in Michigan's rural Thumb region has been ordered to pay restitution and perform community service.
The Bay City Times reports that 25-year-old Matthew Lee... Full story
- Mich state trooper suspended in assault accusation
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- MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan State Police trooper assigned to the Mount Pleasant Post remains suspended without pay in connection with assault charges involving another officer during a training session.
The Morning Sun in Mount P... Full story
- Mich. man kills 34-inch gator while picking corn
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- BURR OAK, Mich. (AP) - A southern Michigan man simply wanted to gather some sweet corn for the family freezer.
He didn't expect to have to deal with a 34-inch alligator rushing at him.
Jeff Adamski of St. Joseph County was in a corn... Full story

- Michigan judge allows medical pot use for suspects
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- FERNDALE, Mich. (AP) - A Detroit-area judge is allowing some defendants arrested in a series of raids to keep using state-approved medical marijuana while out on bond.
The Detroit Free Press reports the decision by Ferndale District Judge Jo... Full story
- Anti-cruelty officer shot while subduing pit bulls
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- DETROIT (AP) - A Michigan animal anti-cruelty officer and pit bull have been shot by Detroit police responding to a dog complaint on the city's east side.
Police spokeswoman Yvette Walker says officers were responding Thursday afternoon to a... Full story