Finding Fun in Michigan
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News and events of Michigan’s Upper Thumb that are worth knowing in the region.
Here are some of the top stories.
Today the Kinde Polka Fest comes roaring back to the Upper Thumb with over 60 volunteers and a full slate of Polka entertainment over two days at the Friends of Kinde Palace. Festival organizers are optimistic that attendance will return to the pre-COVID levels of past years.
Officers from the Huron County Sheriffs and emergency responders were sent to the scene of a two-vehicle fatal crash at M-142 and M-19 in Verona Township yesterday afternoon. (9/15)
Two drivers who were on their way to work yesterday morning, September 4th, discovered the wreckage of a 2006 Buick Lucerne in the east side ditch of M 53, just south of Hunter Road in Dwight Township. After inspecting the area, they discovered that the driver was the only occupant and had been ejected, dying … Read more
Hotels, restaurants, schools, office buildings, and other commercial buildings can generate significant amounts of waste. How can these facilities manage their amounts of materials and waste, reduce costs, and improve sustainability? Here is our four-point recycle guide for commercial buildings.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced today that an M-25 resurfacing project between Caseville and Port Austin will begin today in Huron County. This investment, according to economic modeling, will support 42 jobs. MDOT will spend $3.3 million to resurface more than 16 miles of M-25 in Huron County, from … Read more
By the mid-1980s, evidence emerged that showed multiple chemical components present in the water supply at Camp LeJeune. By this point, the contaminated water supply had been used and consumed by over a million people.
According to the Huron County Sheriff’s Office, two 65-year-old men from Commerce Township were standing on a sandbar in the rough water of Saginaw Bay (Lake Huron) in Caseville Township on Thursday, August 11th at about 11 a.m., when a wave knocked them over. One of the men could return to shore, while the other … Read more
Three Midwest governors announced a collaboration to build America’s first scenic all electric vehicle road trip route, specifically for electric vehicles (EV) around one of America’s Great Lakes.
