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M-40 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from US Highway 12 (US 12) near the Indiana state line in Porter Township north through Paw Paw and Allegan to end in the outskirts of Holland. The current northern end is near Interstate 196 (I-196) at an intersection with US 31/Business Loop I-196 (BL 196). In between, M-40 runs through mixed agricultural and forest lands and along lakes and rivers through Southwest Michigan.
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The Summit at the Capital Centre was a 1,000-seat hockey arena located in Dimondale, Michigan, a suburb of Lansing, Michigan. It was primarily used for high school and youth hockey.
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Ralph William Crego was an American politician who served as Mayor of Lansing, Michigan from 1943 to 1961.
Shuto Con was an annual three day anime convention held during March at the Radisson Hotel Lansing at the Capitol in Lansing, Michigan. The convention's name stands for Capital City Convention. The organizers have also hosted Random Battle Con, a video game convention.
A-2 is a county-designated highway in the US state of Michigan running about 42 miles (68 km) along the shores of Lake Michigan in the southwestern part of the Lower Peninsula. The county highway starts near the town of Lake Michigan Beach in Berrien County at an intersection with M-63 and follows Blue Star Highway through rural coastal areas. Running roughly parallel to its modern freeway replacement, Interstate 196 (I-196), A-2 passes through the cities of South Haven and Saugatuck before ending at an interchange with Business Loop Interstate 196/US Highway 31 in Holland.
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- ↑ Journal of the Constitutional Convention 1961-1962, p 1
- ↑ From the Archives: Lansing Civic Center was entertainment central Lansing State Journal.1 March 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014
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