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Tuesday, September 11, 2012  Federal regulators say the Canadian owner of a pipeline that ruptured in 2010 and dumped more than 800,000 gallons of oil into a southwestern Michigan river has paid a $3.7 million fine.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012  The July 25, 2010, pipeline rupture spread oil across roughly 35 miles of the Kalamazoo River near Marshall, Mich., fouling wildlife habitat and closing a large swath of the river to boaters and anglers.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010  A pipeline that was shut down for two months after spilling oil in southern Michigan is restarting.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010  A Northern Michigan veterinarian is back from the oil spill in Michigan where he helped rescue dozens of oil soaked animals from the Kalamazoo River.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010  The Hawaii Wildlife Center is sending its president and director to Michigan to assist in cleanup efforts involving an oil spill in the Kalamazoo River.

Sunday, August 01, 2010  U.S. regulators earlier this year demanded improvements to the pipeline network that includes a segment that ruptured in southern Michigan, spilling hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River

Friday, July 30, 2010  Workers at the private Circle D Wildlife Refuge in Kalamazoo County say Friday they've received 15 geese and other birds this week. The birds have come from Calhoun County, where the oil spill is concentrated.

Thursday, July 29, 2010  By late Wednesday, the oil had traveled at least 35 miles downstream from where it leaked in Calhoun County's Marshall Township, killing fish, coating other wildlife and emitting a strong, unpleasant odor.