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Up North Lowdown: The Platte River diversion

By Max Copeland
Published June 29, 2024 at 4:00 AM EDT
Top: The Platte River pictured before and after the diversion in August 2022. (Credit: U.S. Attorney's Office) Bottom left: The Kodak Quartet. Bottom right: Spotted wing drosophila could spell bad news for Michigan cherries. (Credit: Montana State University)
Top: The Platte River pictured before and after the diversion in August 2022. (Credit: U.S. Attorney's Office) Bottom left: The Kodak Quartet. Bottom right: Spotted wing drosophila could spell bad news for Michigan cherries. (Credit: Montana State University)

This week: Hear from the Frankfort man sentenced for diverting the Platte River in 2022. A string quartet is popping up in unexpected places. And it was great spring for a tiny fruit fly that causes trouble for cherry farmers.

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Max Copeland
Max Copeland is the local weekday host of All Things Considered on Interlochen Public Radio and the producer of The Up North Lowdown, IPR’s weekly news podcast.
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