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Slowing down in Mancelona

Officially, police call this "stationary radar" — watching for vehicles that might be breaking the speed limit. (Photo: Austin Rowlader for IPR News)
Officially, police call this "stationary radar" — watching for vehicles that might be breaking the speed limit. (Photo: Austin Rowlader for IPR News)

The village of Mancelona at a crossroads, quite literally.

M-88 starts there. So does M-66. And then there’s U-S 131, which is a four-lane divided highway in most of Michigan. It funnels down to two lanes going 45 miles per hour in Mancelona.

In the last eight years, the number of cars traveling through the village has gone up by 47 percent. And this has created some unique challenges for Mancelona police.

Reporter Austin Rowlader met up with a Mancelona police detective to go looking for speeders.

Austin is a freelance reporter for IPR based in Bellaire. He also files stories with Bridge Michigan and The Antrim Review.
Ed Ronco is IPR's news director and the local host of "Morning Edition."