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McLaren Thumb, Caro regions loosening visitor restrictions Declining COVID numbers allow patients to have visitors FacebookTwitterEmail McLaren Thumb Region in Bad Axe. (Tribune File Photo) McLaren Thumb Region and Caro Region hospitals have updated their visitor restrictions thanks to the recent reduction of COVID-19 cases in the Upper Thumb region and across the state. The new restrictions for visitors coming into McLaren include: • Each inpatient and emergency room patient may have one healthy adult visitor • Pediatric patients may have up to two healthy adult visitors, either parents ...

Rep. Green proposes eliminating sales tax for broadband projects FacebookTwitterEmail State Representative Phil Green (Tribune File Photo) As part of continuing efforts to bring broadband internet to more rural parts of Michigan, state Rep. Phil Green recently introduced a proposal that would help make broadband more accessible. Green’s proposal would eliminate sales and use taxes for broadband equipment, which would help bring down the costs for a broadband project. “Lowering the cost makes every dollar go further and makes expensive rural projects more feasible,” Green said in a state...

Congresswoman McClain forms ag advisory council Farmers across Thumb will inform her of agricultural issues FacebookTwitterEmail 2of3 Congresswoman Lisa McClain with members of her new agriculture advisory council. (Lisa McClain/Courtesy Photo) Show MoreShow Less 3of3 WASHINGTON -- Congresswoman Lisa McClain has created an agriculture advisory council to help serve as farmer's voices for Michigan's 10th district, and plenty of Upper Thumb farmers are taking part. Of the eight members that are on the council, five run farms in either Huron, Tuscola, or Sanilac counties. "Agriculture is a majo...

Upper Thumb power grid designed to avoid failure FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 While some people may hate on wind turbines and power transmission lines, DTE Energy officials say the power grid in the Upper Thumb has enough redundancies to avoid blackouts like Texas recently experienced. (Scott Nunn/Huron Daily Tribune) Show MoreShow Less 2of3 While some people may hate on wind turbines and power transmission lines, DTE Energy officials say the power grid in the Upper Thumb has enough redundancies to avoid blackouts like Texas recently experienced. (Scott Nunn/Huron Daily Tribune) Show MoreShow ...

Upper Thumb sees two new COVID-related deaths Saturday FacebookTwitterEmail The SARS-Cov-2 virus, which causes the COVID-19 illness. The Huron County Health Department is one of the state's health departments working as a partner in the state's COVID-19 wastewater surveillance feasibility pilot program. (Tribune File Photo) There were two new COVID-related deaths reported in the Upper Thumb Saturday in the state report, while the number of new confirmed cases remained very low. Huron County reported one new COVID-related death to bring the death toll here to 55 since the pandemic began. The c...