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The sewage struggle

Last spring, a farmer in Leelanau County's Centerville Township began using sewage from septic tanks to fertilize his fields. This week, we hear why the township's cease-and-desist notice had little effect on the issue.

We'll also hear about the competitive race to get kids registered for a summer camp in Traverse City, and what it says about child care in northern Michigan.

And we talk with author Howard Lovy about his debut novel — partly set at Interlochen in the mid-1980s.

Stories included in this episode


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Ed Ronco is IPR's news director.
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.