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I cover most aspects of The Day's "home city," reporting on politics, education and economic development among other things going on in New London. The best part of the job is listening to the ideas generated by the people of this scrappy little city full of optimism, activism and determination. I'm a father of two incredible kids whose wife is a dedicated nurse at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital. Greg Smith I cover most aspects of The Day's "home city," reporting on politics, education and economic development among other things going on in New London. The best part of the job is listening to...

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First anniversary of COVID-19 shutdown Sturgis Journal One year ago, life as we knew it changed for everyone, as the COVID-19 pandemic reached the area.  The first positive COVID-19 case in Michigan was announced March 10, 2020. On March 13, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced schools would be closed for three weeks along with “non-essential” businesses. Michigan residents were told to "shelter in place." Most local residents say they thought it would last a few weeks or a few months, but experts warned it continue for at least a year. Few could comprehend that length of time. When the s...

Some Earth microbes could survive briefly on Mars, study finds The two planets may not seem very similar, but our stratosphere — a layer of the atmosphere 30km above the Earth's surface — has some qualities in common with Mars. Our home planet's stratosphere experiences low air pressure and high levels of radiation, and it's dry and cold — much like the surface of the red planet. Using the MARSBOx, or the Microbes in Atmosphere for Radiation, Survival and Biological Outcomes Experiment, scientists at NASA and the German Aerospace Centre collaborated to send four types of microb...

A Martian experiment in our sky: Earth microbes could temporarily survive on Mars, study says The surface of Mars is a harsh frozen desert, but some microbes from Earth could temporarily survive there, according to a new study. And the researchers didn’t even have to send microbes to Mars to find out. The two planets may not seem very similar, but our stratosphere — a layer of the atmosphere 20 miles above the Earth’s surface — has some qualities in common with Mars. Our home planet’s stratosphere experiences low air pressure and high levels of radiation, and it’s dry and cold �...