The annual cleanup Stand Up for Great Lakes’ was held at Michigan’s Torch Lake. The lake is looking cleaner after a group of volunteers staged a major clean-up from the Fourth of July holiday. Read the full story by WWTV-TV – Cadillac, MI.
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