Grand Traverse County Traverse City, MI
Paula Ellis sits beneath a photo of her father, the late Bishop William C. Abney, in her home on July 10. Ellis sells traditional church hats to members of Bethel Pentecostal, where her father was bishop. (Press Photo/Emily Zoladz)
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U.S. Coast Guard investigators are asking for help in finding the source of hundreds of pounds of trash that washed up on the Lake Michigan shoreline earlier this week from Holland to Manistee. Some pieces of trash have Milwaukee addresses on them — including a “No Dumping City of Milwaukee” sign. (AP Photo)
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GRAND RAPIDS — Area politicos hosted two vastly different parties here today. Press Photo/Dave Raczkowski Michigan Democratic Party Chairman, Mark Brewer, addresses a group of Obama supporters at Millennium Park. They were rallying to counter John McCain’s $2,300 a plate…
Abdoulaye Ndiaye, of Lansing, holds an American flag to his chest during the Wednesday morning naturalization ceremony at Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum. Ndiaye is originally from West Africa. (Press Photo/Emily Zoladz)
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A bill signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm last week known as Ashleigh Iserman’s Law, will raise the minimum age to operate a boat or jet ski without supervision from age 14 to 16. That means that young boaters like C.J. Anastor, 10, of Spring Lake, front, and Jacob Vanderlee, 12, won’t be able to tool around the lake on their own. (Press Photo/Kristi Jourdan)
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