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Michigan State University is planning to hire Western Michigan University Athletic Director Dan Bartholomae to lead the Spartans’ athletics department.
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Sandra Seaton's one-woman drama surrounding Sally Hemings' fight to secure her children's freedom.
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Today in 1926, Traverse City's Wallace Keep sent a 46-pound cherry pie to President Calvin Coolidge, showcasing the region’s famous cherries. On the same date in 2016, Helen Maroulis, who moved to Marquette to train at the US Olympic Education Center, became the first US gold medalist in women’s freestyle wrestling at the Rio Olympics.
Inside the Arts
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East Lansing is reviving a folk music event after ending the Great Lakes Folk Festival in 2017.
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