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Port Crescent State Park opening for 2021 season Supervisor expects busy year despite continuing area COVID cases FacebookTwitterEmail Some of the cabins available to rent at Port Crescent State Park. The park will open up for the 2021 camping season this Friday. (Tribune File Photo) Despite the Upper Thumb still being a hotbed for new COVID-19 cases, one of the area’s state parks is opening this week and expects another big turnout this year. The Port Crescent State Park outside of Port Austin will open for the 2021 season on April 16, with the camping season planned to last until Oct. 24....

Upper Thumb COVID cases increase 48% in 30 days 114 new cases reported FacebookTwitterEmail There were 114 new coronavirus cases reported in the Upper Thumb by the state April 14 and the increase means the region saw an increase of 48% in the last 30 days. According to state data, Huron County saw an increase of 31 new cases, bringing the county to 2,721 confirmed cases and 62 COVID-related deaths. In the past seven days Huron County saw an increase of 254 cases reported and there were 936 cases, meaning more than one-third of the county’s total cases during the pandemic were from the last ...

James E. Tarr, dean of the Saginaw Valley State University College of Education, is...

County health departments follow suit by stopping J&J vaccines Actions occur as region records 127 cases, 4 deaths FacebookTwitterEmail The Huron and Tuscola County Health Departments announced April 13 that they would no longer be offering the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine. According to an email sent by the health departments’ Public Health Officer Ann Hepfer, the Moderna vaccine will be used as a replacement and the health departments have the Pfizer vaccine available for 16-17 year old patients. The decision follows recommendations issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Pr...

SANILAC COUNTY — Dr. Mark Hamed, a practicing physician and the medical director for...