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Spartan Women Beat Tennessee in Final Four, MSU Men Fall
The Lansing State Journal reports that the MSU Women's basketball team rallied from 16 points down to post a 68-64 comeback win over Tennessee in the Final Four. They will meet Baylor Tuesday night at 8:30 for the national title. The MSU men's team didn't fare as well, falling 87-71 to North Carolina.
Read Fans bask in glow of women's historic win in the LSJ (be sure to check out the photo gallery from the game!)
Read All blue in St. Louis in the LSJ
Also better read MITCH ALBOM: Izzo lets 'er rip in the Freep

Comerica Bank Takes Over Schuss Mountain / Shanty Creek Resort
The Detroit Free Press reports that Comerica Bank has taken ownership of the Shanty Creek-Schuss Mountain resort after the sprawling complex's former management failed to stave off a mortgage foreclosure. Shanty Creek is Antrim County's largest employer, with more than 600 workers in peak season and San Diego-based Douglas Wilson Companies is operating the resort.

Great Lakes Folk Festival Receives Maritime Heritage Grant
The Lansing State Journal reports that Michigan's maritime heritage will be on display at this summer's Great Lakes Folk Festival, thanks to an $18,000 grant from the Michigan Humanities Council. The grant will be used to bring experts in traditional skills like boat building, sail making and knot tying from across the state to the August 12-14 free music festival in East Lansing.

Big Blue Ox Optional
The Detroit Free Press reports that the Michigan agriculture department has sent letters to some 900 tree-cutters, timber and paper companies asking them to pitch in to drop a circle of ash trees within a half mile of borer infestations in Emmet, Cheboygan, Presque Ile and Alcona counties in northern Lower Michigan. Michigan received less than half of the funds sought to cover ash tree removal.

Monster Lake Sturgeon Found by Research Team
The Muskegon Chronicle has a feature on a 6 foot+, 135 pound lake sturgeon found by a sturgeon research team on Muskegon Lake. The team is catching sturgeon on the way to the Muskegon River spawning ground, attaching monitoring equipment to the giant lake-dwellers and releasing them.

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