Bomb squad disposes two explosives on Easter in Antrim County

Apr. 1—KEWADIN — The Michigan State Police bomb squad was deployed twice on Easter Sunday in Antrim County — once to dispose of a military flare and a second time to seize a prohibited firework that a trooper discovered on the dashboard of a car he had stopped in Mancelona. MSP spokesman Lt. Derrick Carroll said Monday that the first incident was a call to assist the Antrim County Sheriff's Office after a homeowner in Kewadin reported that he found a military flare that had washed up on the shore...