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Scheurer long term care residents receive second dose of COVID-19 vaccine Paige Withey, paige.withey@hearstnp.com FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Scheurers Long Term Care residents celebrated receiving their second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Feb. 3 with a Crushing COVID one shot at a time themed party. (Courtesy Photo) Show MoreShow Less 2of6 Scheurers Long Term Care residents celebrated receiving their second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Feb. 3 with a Crushing COVID one sho...

Commissioners sending message with action urging reopening Looked at situations in other states on their reopening efforts FacebookTwitterEmail This past weeks Huron County commissioners meeting, which was held over the Zoom conferencing application. The commissioners passed an action calling for the states COVID restrictions to be lifted during the meeting. (Tribune File Photo) With the Huron County commissioners passing a consent action this week calling for the state’s remaining COVID-19 r...

Upper Thumb sees 16 new COVID cases FacebookTwitterEmail There were 16 new coronavirus cases and no deaths reported in the Upper Thumb since Saturday, according to the state. (Scott Nunn/Tribune File Photo) There were 16 new coronavirus cases and no deaths reported in the Upper Thumb since Saturday, according to the state. On the state report Feb. 8, Huron County saw a two-day increase of three coronavirus cases, bringing the region to 1,572 confirmed cases and 51 deaths. Tuscola County saw the...

Hatchets Nick Errer wins MHSAA scholar-athlete award FacebookTwitterEmail Bad Axe boys soccer team captain Nick Errer was one of 10 student-athletes from Class C and D members selected to receive scholarships through the MHSAA/Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete Award program.Katy Kildee/Midland Daily NewsShow MoreShow Less Bad Axes Nick Errer and Calvary Baptists Toby Stauffer jump up for a header during their district final Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020 at Calvary Baptist Academy. The Bad Axe boy...

Harbor Beach Schools focusing on technical education during CTE month Paige Withey, paige.withey@hearstnp.com FacebookTwitterEmail Harbor Beach Education and Career Advisor Bryon Williams meets with students in grades six through 12 monthly to go over the districts Xello curriculum, which teaches students everything from workplace skills and attitudes to mock job interviews. (Courtesy Photo) February is Career and Technical Education Month, and many schools are buckling down on what career and...

Huron County commissioners call for end of state COVID mandates Chairman says county did its part in bringing cases down FacebookTwitterEmail The Huron County commissioners meet over Zoom during this weeks meeting, in which they called for the end of state COVID restrictions. (Robert Creenan/Huron Daily Tribune) The Huron County Board of Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution at this week’s meeting calling for the Michigan state government to end its COVID-19 shutdown, lift the remain...

From stink to energy, Thumb farmers want to harness power of methane FacebookTwitterEmail Proposals for anaerobic digesters in Huron County would use the manure from dairy cows to obtain methane gas for use as a natural gas. (Metro Creative Graphics/Tribune File Photo) The smell that lingers over the Thumb’s dairy farms could soon be used as a source of power for the area. Michael Meissner, the head of the Huron County board of commissioners’ agencies committee, said the Raleigh, North Caro...

Huron County COVID cases increase by 10 FacebookTwitterEmail There were 10 new coronavirus cases in Huron County and a total of 13 in the Upper Thumb reported by the state Feb. 3. Including the increase, state numbers show Huron County has had 1,563 confirmed cases and 51 deaths since the start of the pandemic. In Tuscola County the state reported only one new case, bringing the county to 2,704 confirmed cases and 118 deaths. Sanilac County saw an increase of two cases, bringing the county to 1...

Tribune Throwback: A look back to February 1984 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of36 For this weeks Tribune Throwback we take a look in the archives from February 1984.Tribune File PhotoShow MoreShow Less 2of36 For this weeks Tribune Throwback we take a look in the archives from February 1984.Tribune File PhotoShow MoreShow Less 3of36 4of36 For this weeks Tribune Throwback we take a look in the archives from February 1984.Tribune File PhotoShow MoreShow Less 5of36 For this weeks Tribune Throwback we take...

COVID: Single digit increase in Upper Thumb FacebookTwitterEmail For the first time in weeks, the Upper Thumb saw a single digit increase in its coronavirus update from the state, with five cases being reported Feb. 2. According to the state, Huron County saw an increase of one coronavirus case and no deaths, bringing the county to 1,553 confirmed cases and 51 deaths. Tuscola County saw an increase of one case and one death, bringing the county to 2,703 confirmed cases and 118 deaths. Sanilac C...