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Joel Bissell

  • Multimedia Specialist, MLive
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Multimedia specialist for @mlive in the Mitten state | @OhioU Alumna | Chicago native
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Mackinac Island’s ‘school bus’: How new horse carriage drivers are trained each year

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By Joel Bissell
| Wolverine Confidential
MACKINAC ISLAND, MI — Snow falls on the tourist-free streets of Mackinac Island in early spring as a horse-drawn carriage makes its rounds through the historic car-free community. Bundled up and wrapped in blankets, a group of trainees sits aboard what the company calls the “school bus,” their classroom for learning to drive horse-drawn carriages before the summer tourist season begins.
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Hold onto your hat! This scenic Michigan dune ride delivers big views on a small budget

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By Joel Bissell
| Wolverine Confidential
MEARS, MI — On the breezy shores of Lake Michigan, Mac Wood’s Dune Rides carries visitors across a rolling landscape of towering sand, where the view is striking and the wind never seems to stop moving. The 40-minute tours cover a seven-mile trail over dunes that rise 100 to 150 feet, spread across a 600-acre section of Silver Lake Sand Dunes between Lake Michigan and Silver Lake.
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Michigan Home Explosion

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By Joel Bissell
| The Jonesboro Sun
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