Articles tagged:gravel pit

Ann Arbor rocks at Fox Science Preserve

Posted: Tue Nov 3 10:46 p.m. by Stefan Szumko Community Contributor

Flashback to 1979 or so. It was a warm, sunny day when I first visited the gravel pit with my fourth grade class from King Elementary. I found a brachiopod fossil. The sides of the pit were still bare, the sky was blue, and the sunlight was warm. I've always ...

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Victim of drowning in gravel pit near Dexter identified

Posted: Fri Jul 31 11:22 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

The man who drowned in an old gravel pit Wednesday east of Dexter has been identified as 34-year-old Andre Johnson of Detroit, a Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office news release said. Johnson, who was swimming with friends, struggled to make it back to shore at the pit at the end of ...

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