
Gus Burns
Investigative Reporter at MLive
MLive investigative reporter. Pls contact me with any important, interesting stories. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
mlive.com | Gus Burns
Related: Michigan’s Isle Royale has historically low death toll, but has had 4 in the past yearKEWEENAW COUNTY, MI -- Even basic questions related to the deaths of two campers found at a remote campsite in Michigan’s Isle Royal National Park on June 8 remain unanswered. Names, ages, hometowns and what investigators believe caused the deaths has been kept secret by the multiple government agencies.
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1 week ago |
mlive.com | Gus Burns
KEWEENAW COUNTY, MI -- Wolves frightened him awake at night. Birds sang soothing songs all day. The adventure Robb Lamer experienced hiking 50 miles with a 40-pound pack for seven days and six nights along an elevated ridge cutting through the wild Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior won’t soon be forgotten. Isle Royale National Park is place where people go to connect with Earth.
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2 weeks ago |
mlive.com | Gus Burns
KEWEENAW COUNTY, MI -- They died in a remote backcountry campground. It’s a place surrounded by wilderness in a national park on Michigan’s Isle Royale in the middle of Lake Superior. Who the two campers were and how they died remains a unknown nearly a week later. This isn’t typical.
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2 weeks ago |
mlive.com | Gus Burns
File photo (Jake May | MLive.com)Jake May
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2 weeks ago |
mlive.com | Gus Burns
LANSING, MI -- Michigan’s conservation districts spent more than $32 million last year, yet most voters are unaware of what these government entities do and how their boards are elected. An MLive investigation uncovered numerous problems with conservation district elections and multiple examples of lax oversight that led to allegations of financial misdeeds. These are the 5 takeaways from the investigation.
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RT @rosekellywhite: FOIA-led reporting from @GusBurns on how Michigan's conservation districts are operating with little oversight and mism…

How a fight over a fishing hole at an abandoned Native American burial ground in Michigan's Upper Peninsula led to a state police investigation into public corruption https://t.co/jpBJ6sxNVF

Michigan marijuana regulators proposed a rule to allow them effectively spy on businesses through live access to surveillance cameras, but the idea may be scrapped, the CRA said https://t.co/Hx8RhhaL5b