A look back: Dog decontamination, buoy is back

A look back at some of the stories that made news in the last week:

Emergency workers and volunteers practice decontaminating a dog.

 • Area emergency workers learn how to handle pets in case of a radiation leak at Palisades Nuclear Power Plant: http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/x346785873/-Dirty-dogs-get-decontaminated-in-radiation-drill

• Saugatuck Mayor Jane Verplank presides over her last regular meeting: http://www.hollandsentinel.com/community/blogs/Saug-Doug-All-Lake-Glenn-Ges/x1224698738/Saugatuck-mayor-completes-term-and-some-big-projects

• Fate of Saugatuck fireworks up in the air: http://www.hollandsentinel.com/community/blogs/Saug-Doug-All-Lake-Glenn-Ges/x1224698876/Sparks-in-the-air-over-Saugatuck-fireworks

Holland weather buoy returns to shore.

 • The Holland weather buoy is removed from Lake Michigan to an uncertain future: http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/x346785901/Future-of-buoy-could-be-sunk-without-funding

• Record-breaking heat on Thursday — then the cold comes: http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/x1831583400/Holland-hits-record-high-of-80-degrees

• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects record-low Lake Michigan levels in the next few months: http://www.hollandsentinel.com/newsnow/x1831583715/Lake-Michigan-approaching-record-low-levels