Marshall area marks one year since Enbridge oil spill
A year after Enbridge 6b pipeline rupture released over 800000 gallons of crude into Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River. Cleanup continues with an EPA deadline of August 31 to address submerged oil. EPA commander Mark Durno notes the spill became a tar like mess, keeping responders on site. See photos on page 26.
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Marshall
Kalamazoo River
Enbridge, Inc
Talmadge Creek
Enbridge
EPA
Mark Durno
Marshall Girl Lauren Damon Advances in National American Miss
Lauren Damon, 10, daughter of Jessica and Dustin Damon of Marshall, won the Junior Preteen Division at the Michigan state National American Miss pageant near Detroit. Her victory earns a trip to Hollywood in November, with two Disneyland tickets and a Hollywood tour, at no cost.
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Lauren Damon
Detroit
Lauren
Jessica
Dustin Damon
Marshall
Hollywood
Disneyland
Go Hog Wild Hogstravaganza set for Aug 5 6 in Homer
The Homer Hogstravaganza festival runs August 5 to 6 with a 5 p.m. start on Friday and dusk Fireworks on Saturday. Organizer Susan Michael highlights the farming community as the event’s core and notes activities like the cook-off, Greg Barton Triathlon, scavenger hunt, outhouse races, mud volleyball and a watermelon toss.
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Homer
Susan Michael
Greg Barton
Midwest Transit Equipment Moves to Marshall
Midwest Transit Equipment, a bus distributor, relocated from Eaton Rapids to Marshall in May. Operations manager Tim Chamness said the move to the old Avery building in Marshall Two on Old 27, just north of I-94, was completed in under eight days and the business is now fully operational.
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Midwest Transit Equipment
Marshall
Eaton Rapids
Tim Chamness
Avery
Marshall Two
Old 27
I-94
Camp Turkeyville USA Opens August 1
Camp Turkeyville USA near Turkeyville, Calhoun County, will welcome inaugural visitors on August 1. Patti and Blain Cornwell transformed 168 acres behind Turkeyville USA into an RV camp with 85 sites ready and 40 more to open by September 1, part of an ongoing expansion schedule.
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Cornwell
Turkeyville USA
Turkeyville
Patti
Blain Cornwell
Calhoun County
Hogstravaganza at Calhoun County Fair prepares pig entries
Lauren Wildt and siblings Morgan and Matt prep pigs for the 163rd Calhoun County Fair on the farm, describing it as a big family effort. Homer residents gear up for the 7th Annual event, with fair activities starting a week after.
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Lauren Wildt
Morgan Wildt
Matt Wildt
Calhoun County
Lauren
Homer
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