The Great Lakes Storm was a

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team that played in the

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for three seasons, beginning in 2002 and ending in 2005. They were based in

Birch Run, Michigan Birch Run is a village in Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,553 at the 2010 census. The village is located within Birch Run Township. Birch Run was the home of the Great Lakes Storm, a defunct member of the Con ...

, a small town between

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and

Saginaw Saginaw () is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Saginaw County. The city of Saginaw and Saginaw County are both in the area known as Mid-Michigan. Saginaw is adjacent to Saginaw Charter Township and considered part of Greater ...

. The Storm played at the Birch Run Expo Center. The original team was called the Flint Fuze.CBA's official website
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