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Thursday, November 08, 2012  An investigation is underway into a possible link between several E.coli cases and apple cider in Antrim County.

Saturday, August 25, 2012  Police try to piece together why quiet loner killed ex-colleague outside Empire State Building

Tuesday, June 26, 2012  Several Chippewa County beaches are re-opened after an E. coli scare forced many to close late last week.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012  Several beaches in Chippewa County have been closed due to elevated levels of E. coli.

Monday, March 19, 2012  Aggressive efforts to prevent students from dropping out contributed to a modest 3.5 percentage point increase nationally in the high school graduation rate from 2001 to 2009, according to research presented Monday at the Grad Nation summit in Washington.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011  A Health Advisory is issued for a beach in Cheboygan County after high levels of E.coli are detected.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011  The Chippewa County Health Department closed Sugar Island Township Park on Sugar Island in Sault Ste. Marie Wednesday.  Brimley State Park in Brimley is also closed.

Friday, June 24, 2011  Two Traverse City area beaches are safe to swim in once again.

Thursday, June 23, 2011  Two Traverse City area beaches are under a health alert following the heavy rainfall.

Monday, May 16, 2011  Local environmental officials unleashed a secret weapon today to sniff out any dangerous levels of E.coli in our areas waters; specially trained dogs.

Wednesday, February 09, 2011  Rumsfeld admits a few mistakes during Pentagon tenure but finds plenty of blame for others

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 

Wednesday, June 16, 2010  Food safety advocates are pushing the U.S. government to step up efforts to monitor less common E. coli strains.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010  A recall of romaine lettuce that has sickened students with E. coli poisoning is expanding as the government tries to find out where the contamination occurred.

Friday, May 07, 2010  Two people briefed on the probe say the FDA is focusing its investigation on lettuce grown in Arizona as a possible source for an E. coli outbreak.