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Friday, November 30, 2012  An escaped prisoner from Michigan is being held at the Cooper County Detention Center on outstanding warrants from Michigan while awaiting more here in Mid-Missouri.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012  The July 25, 2010, pipeline rupture spread oil across roughly 35 miles of the Kalamazoo River near Marshall, Mich., fouling wildlife habitat and closing a large swath of the river to boaters and anglers.

Sunday, August 01, 2010  U.S. regulators earlier this year demanded improvements to the pipeline network that includes a segment that ruptured in southern Michigan, spilling hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River

Friday, July 30, 2010  Workers at the private Circle D Wildlife Refuge in Kalamazoo County say Friday they've received 15 geese and other birds this week. The birds have come from Calhoun County, where the oil spill is concentrated.

Thursday, July 29, 2010  By late Wednesday, the oil had traveled at least 35 miles downstream from where it leaked in Calhoun County's Marshall Township, killing fish, coating other wildlife and emitting a strong, unpleasant odor.