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Butterflies race for state insect status | Great Lakes Echo

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Three butterflies are racing to become Michigan’s official state insect – and one of them is ahead, at least politically. 

The black swallowtail butterfly, a native of Michigan, spends its whole life cycle in the state hibernating as pupa under leaves during winter and hatching in the spring.

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Fire destroys Pottawatomi Village home this morning

No one was injured in a fire which destroyed a two-storey brick home in the Pottawatomi Village subdivision this morning. Inter Township Fire Department firefighters responded to a fire call about 5:15 a.m. and the fire was fully involved when they arrived, Fire Chief Jeff Gautreau said at the scene. No one was home at […]