Current State #129 | July 18, 2013

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Published July 18, 2013 at 11:57 AM EDT

Today on Current State: "Okemos 7's" Dennis Forsberg discusses impending prison sentence; a message in a bottle; a Wisconsin town deals with water quality issues and the Michigan Shakespeare Festival.

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