Harbor Drug ready to give vaccinations when available
More than 700 people on waiting list
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Harbor Drug s Harbor Beach location. (Tribune File Photo)
While pharmacy chains like Walgreens and CVS have been able to administer COVID-19 vaccines, Harbor Drug is waiting for the go ahead to order vaccines for its customers.
The Harbor Beach-based drugstore chain did apply through federal and state pathways to distribute vaccines, getting approval as a member of the Good Neighbor Pharmacy network to administer vaccines for Phase 2 of the rollout.
Mike Delpierre, the owner of Harbor Drug, said there are scheduling and reporting tools up and running for Harbor Drug and the chain will notify those on the waiting list based on current government criteria either by phone call or email of their appointment. A link for sign ups is available on the Harbor Drug website.
From stink to energy, Thumb farmers want to harness power of methane
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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 Carolina-based Bioenergy Systems LLC would be willing to invest $50 million in installing eight to 10 anaerobic digesters in the Upper Thumb to convert dairy cow manure into natural gas.
Two Thumb Area school districts received MCAN grants in 2020
Helped keep students connected during 2020 pandemic
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The Caseville and Unionville-Sebewaing Area school districts received grants from the Michigan College Access Network this past year, helping students stay connected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The USA school district had received a $10,000 grant in the late winter/early spring of 2020 for acquiring Wi-Fi hotspots, which were given out to students who were at home during the lockdown of spring 2020.
George Rierson, the superintendent of USA Schools, said the district ended up with 75 hotspots total, with some of them purchased through another grant the district received. He said the hotspots have been helpful for seniors who were transitioning into becoming college students.
USA Schools has new COVID-19 case
Staff member is probable positive
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USA Schools (Tribune File Photo)
The Unionville-Sebewaing Area School District announced that one of its staff members is a probable positive COVID-19 case.
“The district is coordinating closely with the Huron County Health Department to assure our community’s health and safety,” superintendent George Rierson said in the announcement.
The staff member identified is not a teacher and the district was notified of the probable positive on Monday morning. The district performed contact tracing with the health department and identified all close contacts through video to identify those who were around the individual for a cumulative 15 minutes.
Tribune Throwback: A look back to February 1984
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For this week s Tribune Throwback we take a look in the archives from February 1984.Tribune File PhotoShow MoreShow Less