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      <title>Michigan tops 2025 rankings for winter’s deadliest roads</title>
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      <description>Several factors were taken into consideration by MoneyGeek.</description>
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      <description>A common critique of solar calls into question how it generates power during the winter — a season marked by snow cover, cloudy skies and shorter daylight hours. In this seasonal transition, solar operators answer.</description>
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      <description>Low snowfall accumulation has resulted in less snowmobile tourism throughout the region where businesses rely on people hitting the trails.</description>
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      <description>As of Tuesday afternoon, nearly 14,000 Consumers Energy customers were without power in Montcalm County.</description>
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      <dc:creator>Rick Brewer</dc:creator>
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      <title>Heavy snow system will continue into the weekend for northern Michigan</title>
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      <description>The heavy, lake-effect snow system hitting much of northern Michigan will likely continue into the weekend.</description>
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      <title>Michiganders seeking utility assistance may have options</title>
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      <description>As the weather gets colder, the State of Michigan continues to offer help for residents who find themselves in crisis situations where they cannot pay…</description>
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      <dc:creator>Laura Herberg</dc:creator>
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      <title>Michigan could face above average percipitation this Winter</title>
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      <description>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued its 2020 winter outlook today (Thursday).A lot of snow could be headed for the Great Lakes…</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2020 20:05:43 GMT</pubDate>
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