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CORUNNA — Nearly 30 local families and the city’s veterans housing facility have received a financial boost this holiday season, courtesy of an anonymous donor. The city received $4,000 from an unnamed source earlier this month, according to City Manager Joe Sawyer. City officials distributed the money in the form of Save-A-Lot and Meijer gift cards to local families in need, gifting each family $100. Additionally, the city presented $1,000 in gift cards to Fiddler’s Green, the n...

Upper Thumb COVID vaccine roadmap beginning to roll out Paige Withey, paige.withey@hearstnp.com FacebookTwitterEmail Staff at United Memorial Medical Center administer doses of Modernas COVID-19 vaccine after receiving a delivery of 200 doses, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, in Houston. The Harbor Beach Community Hospital is expecting to receive the Moderna vaccine and begin distributing it very soon. (Godofredo A. Vásquez/Houston Chronicle via AP) UPPER THUMB — After McLaren Thumb Region began di...

Huron Tech Center announces student of the month Submitted to the Tribune FacebookTwitterEmail Austin Volmering BAD AXE - The Huron Area Technical Center recently announced the Student of the Month recipient for November 2020. Students are selected based on a variety of criteria including achievement in career technical education, outstanding attendance, enrollment status, CTE related extra-curricular activities, on-the-job-training placements, work experience, and future CTE Program related ed...

Christmas Eve Jingle to bring community together despite pandemic precautions Paige Withey, paige.withey@hearstnp.com FacebookTwitterEmail To participate in the Christmas Eve Jingle, families need only set out onto their porch at 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve to ring a bell for 2 minutes. Bells can be picked up at various businesses across the county at no cost. (Courtesy Photo) UPPER THUMB — In an effort to spread Christmas cheer and bring the community together, Chelsea Corbishley, family servic...

Upper Thumb adds 52 new COVID cases, four deaths on Saturday FacebookTwitterEmail (Tribune File Photo) UPPER THUMB — The Upper Thumb had 52 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and four new deaths on Saturday, according to the state’s daily coronavirus update. Huron County had 13 new confirmed cases and one new death, with the county’s total now at 1,208 cases and 34 deaths. Tuscola County saw 25 new confirmed cases and one new death, bringing its totals to 2,170 cases and 77 deaths. Sanilac Coun...

Christmas cruises on the agenda this weekend Happening in many locations across Upper Thumb FacebookTwitterEmail (Courtesy Photo) UPPER THUMB — A series of Christmas Cruises will take place all over the Upper Thumb this coming weekend, with all matter of vehicles covered in Christmas lights parked for people to look at, and some will be paraded around. The Bad Axe event will be on Dec. 19 in the Family Farm and Home parking lot. In Sandusky, the event will be on Dec. 19 in the Tractor Suppl...

“This is a great opportunity, I think, for everyone to blow off some steam,” said Mario Zelaya, founder and CEO of Bad Axe Throwing. He described the sport as the “cooler version of bowling” or “bowling 2.0” and as much more satisfying — and probably cheaper — than therapy. The club has more than 40 locations across the country, in Canada and the United Kingdom. Walk-in customers are greeted by a coach who has them sign waivers, provides a rundown of safety rules and demonstrate...

COVID-19 vaccinations arrive in Huron County McLaren Thumb Region workers getting first doses FacebookTwitterEmail Bob Bechtel, a surgical technician for McLaren Thumb Region, shows off where he got his COVID-19 vaccine Friday. McLaren Thumb Region workers can get COVID-19 vaccines through Walgreens. (Robert Creenan/Huron Daily Tribune) BAD AXE — The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in Huron County and McLaren Thumb Region workers will be the first ones getting them. The vaccinat...

Case against alleged Base leader Watkins postponed FacebookTwitterEmail WASHTENAW COUNTY — The probable cause conferences for Justen Watkins and co-defendant Alfred Gorman were postponed for six weeks at the request of their attorneys Dec. 17, and the state added to their bond conditions. Gorman, 35, of Taylor and Watkins, 25, of Bad Axe were arrested Oct. 29 at their places of residence by Michigan State Police and the FBI on multiple felony charges filed by the Michigan Attorney General’s...

“This is a great opportunity, I think, for everyone to blow off some steam,” said Mario Zelaya, founder and CEO of Bad Axe Throwing. He described the sport as the “cooler version of bowling” or “bowling 2.0” and as much more satisfying — and probably cheaper — than therapy. The club has more than 40 locations across the country, in Canada and the United Kingdom. Walk-in customers are greeted by a coach who has them sign waivers, provides a rundown of safety rules and demonstrate...