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Michigan Wind Energy Zones & Windmills in the Water

October 20, 2009 – 9:32 am

167|365 ride the wind by nicole st. john
The Huron Daily Tribune noted last week in Final report: Wind potential high that the final report issued Thursday by the Michigan Wind Energy Resource Zone Board (view PDF) identified key regions for wind energy generation and a potential annual energy output of an eye-popping 17,720,522 megawatts! [...]

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Photo Friday: The Mighty Underdogs by the Absolute Michigan Rothbury Team

July 3, 2009 – 12:12 pm

We're bumping the normal Absolute Michigan Photo Friday to link you in to our Rothbury 2009 coverage.
Stay tuned!

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2009 Rothbury Music Festival lineup and tickets

March 18, 2009 – 10:43 am

Tough Decisions by Ross Sandelius
Billboard Magazine reports that last year's four-day Rothbury Festival ranked No. 8 on their 2008 top-grossing festivals tally, pulling in $7.4 million and drawing 120,820 music fans. Unsurprisingly, they're doing it all over again this summer July 2-5, 2009:
The Dead, Bob Dylan, The String Cheese Incident, Willie Nelson & Family, and [...]

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Ride the Luge in Muskegon

February 9, 2009 – 12:11 pm

Byron Goggin of Wild Weekend TV has a cool feature from one of only 3 Olympic class luge complexes in the United States. It's in Muskegon and open to the public - check it out!

Here's a link to part two of the program. More about the Luge run at the Muskegon Winter Sports Complex from [...]

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Frosty Tuesday: Silver Bells, Falling Snow & Skidding Autos

November 18, 2008 – 11:00 am

Thistle Stop by photoshoparama
The 24th annual Silver Bells in the City takes place this Friday (Nov 21) in downtown Lansing. The event features a parade of lights, the lighting of Michigan's Christmas tree and (weather permitting) a fireworks show. It's also free and attracted more than 120,000 people last year! Click that link to learn [...]

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Growing up with Michigan's Adventure

July 30, 2008 – 1:23 pm

When Camille Jourden-Mark was two years old, her father, Roger Jourden, bought Deer Park with the intention of turning it into an amusement park. At first, the Jourdens lived in a tiny house inside the park.
From a young age, Jourden-Mark and her sister, Lisa (Jourden) Arnouts, worked on the family business. “For my parents, it [...]

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2008 Rothbury Ticket Giveaway from GM Next & Absolute Michigan

July 1, 2008 – 12:07 pm

We had some great entries and it was tough to make our promised arbitrary decision. We'd really like to thank all of you who took the time to make your case and hope that we get many more chances to give you stuff. After a brief drum roll, here's who's going to Rothbury:
Jacqui Balogh is [...]

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Weird Wednesday: The Constipation Curse and How to be a Hoodoo

June 25, 2008 – 6:47 am

by Linda Godfrey, www.weirdmichigan.com
In his book, Negro Folktales in Michigan, Richard Dorson tells the tale of the African-American "hoodoo" man who was asked by a Muskegon family to help catch the thief who had raided their woodpile the previous night, and then had the nerve to relieve his bowels copiously on the same spot. The [...]

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Road Trip: Michigan's Adventure – Muskegon

June 12, 2008 – 1:00 pm

Family Trips by brandonjb
Michigan's Adventure, the state's largest amusement park was originally founded as the 'Deer Park', a petting zoo in 1956. It eventually was renamed 'Deer Park Funland' and then in 1988 after a coaster, the 'Wolverine Wildcat' was added, it obtain it's current moniker of 'Michigan's Adventure'. The park was bought by [...]

Asparagus goes to the movies … and the National Asparagus Festival

May 28, 2008 – 7:51 am

You can get a higher quality version from the official web site Asparagus: Stalking the American Life (where you can also buy the DVD which supports family farmers) and also at Media That Matters, where you can also read an explanation of this interesting project from director/poducers Kirsten Kelly and Anne de Mare, who write:
Three [...]