Road commissioner candidates want to maintain county s roads
Set to be interviewed by county commissioners at their next meeting
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BAD AXE The Huron County Board of Commissioners were set to interview five candidates to replace retiring road commissioner Michael Power at their upcoming meeting.
The five candidates are James Childs, Michael LePage, J. Dean Smith, Kevin Roestel, and Erik Voelker. After each goes through a 15-minute interview, the commissioners will decide which one gets to serve on the road commission.
The interviews were originally going to take place on Dec. 9, but the commissioners’ meeting has been postponed twice.
County commissioners meeting postponed
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The Huron County Building in Bad Axe. (Tribune File Photo)
BAD AXE The rescheduled Huron County Board of Commissioners meeting from earlier this month has been postponed again.
Jodi Essenmacher, the executive assistant for the commissioners, said the meeting would likely be held Tuesday morning in a similar matter to earlier this year where the commissioners meet in the district courtroom of the county building and all the attendees would attend via the Zoom conferencing application.
Essenmacher said she would have to get her Zoom account reactivated on Monday in order to make that happen, as she would have to send out the proper meeting invitations.
Upper Thumb adds 52 new COVID cases, four deaths on Saturday
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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 County had 14 new confirmed cases and two new deaths, with its numbers now at 1,298 cases and 52 deaths.
Across the state, there were 3,896 new confirmed cases and 187 new deaths, of which 155 of those were identified during a vital records review.
Fall prep tournaments allowed to resume
Football, volleyball, and girls swimming to finish playoffs in January
Fred Kelly, fred.kelly@mdn.net
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High school football, volleyball, and girls swimming and diving postseasons will be allowed to resume and be completed. (Tribune File Photo)
EAST LANSING The Michigan high school football, volleyball, and girls swimming and diving postseasons will be allowed to resume and be completed.
According to a story on the Michigan High School Athletic Association website which was posted Friday afternoon following an announcement by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services which allowed for the resumption of those activities, teams in those three sports who are still active in the postseason will be allowed to restart practice on Monday, Dec. 21.
Lakers Marker to keep kids fed during holidays
Free meal pickup available over holiday break
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Families will be able to pick up free meals for kids over the holiday break thanks to the Laker Food Service staff and the Laker meals program. (Tribune File Photo)
PIGEON When Upper Thumb schools break for the holidays on Friday, Laker Schools Food Services Director Cinamon Marker will look forward to celebrating Christmas with her family. But she will also be thinking about the work she will have to do over the next couple of weeks.
In a typical year, she and her staff would get a much-needed rest and recharge for the remainder of the academic year. But 2020 is no ordinary year. That’s why Marker and members of her staff who volunteer will continue to provide meals to any child under 18 or those under 26 who qualify as special needs, if families request them. And Marker knows many will as they struggle through the pandemic.