Welcome to a special Michigan Homes & Real Estate edition of Five Things you need to know about Michigan. Before I dive in I wanted to say a little something about our month themes. We got the word that a) you like them but b) you would like them to be not so loud so [...]
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Spinners 2 by n8xd
John Deere Wind Energy is now producing energy at Harvest, the state's first commercial wind farm. The 3,200 acre installation has 32 windmills in Huron County's Oliver and Chandler townships. According to Windmill farm starts to generate power in Huron County from mLive:
A total of 32 windmills were installed last year on [...]
January 16, 2008 – 8:29 am
Northeast Michigan is the next stop on or bookstore tour. There must be some we've missed - if you know of any booksellers - with our without web sites - that we missed, add a comment!
Saturn Booksellers, Gaylord
Gaylord's hometown bookstore right in the heart of the Alpine Village, is a general, independent shop for readers [...]
December 12, 2007 – 10:19 am
The next stop on our weeklong Michigan Ski Tour is Northeast Lower Michigan...
The Otsego Ski Club - Gaylord, MI
As a winter destination, the Otsego Ski Club provides families with the midwests only full service private ski facility with 27 runs, 5 chairlifts and outstanding terrain for all levels of skier and snowboarder.
Treetops Resort – Gaylord, [...]
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November 20, 2007 – 8:26 am
Exploring the wreck of the Grecian
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Most information provided by the DEQ's Michigan Underwater Preserves page.
The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron off Alpena was designated in 2000 as one of only 13 national marine sanctuaries in the United States. The designation created the first Great Lakes national marine sanctuary, [...]
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September 19, 2007 – 9:45 am
Upper Tahquanemon Falls by JohnnyRR
A sampling of Michigan festivals & events for the month of October. As usual, there's no way we'll get them all, so please add links and information about those we've missed (or reviews of ones we have here) in the comments below.
October 6
The Red Flannel Festival - Cedar Springs
This will is [...]
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August 15, 2007 – 7:44 am
Featuring Delicious locally made sausages are the best for miles around and in business since 1917, Nowicki's Sausage Shoppe has been making homemade specialties for five generations. In 1979 Nowick's Sausage Shoppe created the world's longest sausage, totaling 8,773 feet. Featured in the Guinness Book of World Records, Nowicki's Sausage Shoppe will forever be remembered [...]
Ready to start the Au Sable Canoe Marathon by JeffOYB
The 60th annual AuSable River Canoe Marathon will be held next weekend (July 28 - 29, 2007). The race is billed as the longest non-stop canoe race in North America.
Wikipedia's Au Sable River Canoe Marathon entry says:
The Au Sable River Canoe Marathon is an annual 120 [...]
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Louis Stepman was lucky. His desperate hold on thin strands of metal was the only thing keeping him from a 400-foot plunge to a watery grave. Two other men who were with him were not so lucky.On the afternoon of June 6, 1956, Louis "Big Louie" Stepman and three other workers were stringing a catwalk [...]
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2007 is the 50th Anniversary of the Mighty Mac. We’ll be telling the story of the Mackinac Bridge piece by piece here on Absolute Michigan and on Michigan in Pictures and we’ll post links to the photos and stories below. If you have some links to share, please add them in the comments. If you [...]
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