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COLDWATER — The Coldwater Fire Department has promoted two veteran firefighters effective Feb. 1.Lt. Chad Hilton will become Captain and Jackie Supianoski will replace him as Lieutenant.Chad Hilton, a second-generation firefighter, began as a part-paid firefighter in October 1996.Hilton worked moved through the ranks from to full-time in September 1998, Driver/Operator in March 2000, and was promoted to Lieutenant s in May of 2004.In his 24 years, Captain Hilton gained Fire Officer
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Lake Superior State University has received a $250,000 grant from the U.S. Forest Service for a project that will naturally clean a former industrial and contaminated site near Alford Park. The Saint Marys River Green Stormwater Demonstration Project will create a wildlife habitat with trees, shrubs and flowers that will increase runoff infiltration and pollutant removal.
This project will also give students the opportunity to learn more about environmental sustainability. LSSU’s Dr, Ashley Moerke says this will be a win-win for the community and local wildlife. “We’re turning what was kind of turf grass and asphalt and we’re turning that into a landscape that’s going to be really attractive, not just for our community, but to wildlife, to birds, butterflies, beneficial insects,” she said.
SAULT STE. MARIE — Lake Superior State University will implement the St. Marys River Green Stormwater Demonstration Project in 2021 thanks to a $250,000 grant received from the U.S. Forest Service’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.It will create the first green stormwater demonstration project along the St. Marys River and do so at a former industrial brownfield site. The project will be located adjacent to Lake State’s Center for Freshwater Research and Education and the
44 infected in new coronavirus outbreaks at 9 institutions, says Michigan’s Jan. 18 school outbreak report
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A total of 44 students and staff at eight K-12 schools and a college have been infected by coronavirus in new school-related outbreaks, according to data released Monday, Jan. 18, by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
That includes 14 cases involving students at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie and 10 cases involving students at Hastings High School.
There also were clusters involving four people or less at Benzie Central High School, Island City Academy in Eaton Rapids, St. Gerrard Elementary in Lansing, Woodbridge Elementary in Zeeland, Ridge Wood Elementary in Northville, and the public elementaries in Marlette and Deckerville.