Finding Fun in Michigan's Thumb
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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.
Phil Duracz of Chesterton, Indiana, broke the state record for whitefish while fishing on Lake Michigan near Portage on March 6. Duracz’s catch weighed 9.34 pounds, besting the previous record from 2019 by 1.65 pounds. Lake whitefish state records are the most frequently broken in Indiana in the past decade. This is the eighth time … Read more
Starting July 2021, mandatory 10 digit dialing will be required for area code 989, 616, 810, 906 to prepare for the 988 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
Recent data from public health agencies and testing results have tagged Huron, Sanilac, and St. Clair counties as being at extremely high risk for COVID-19.
Michigan’s March 2021 Covid Rates are increasing by over 100% in the past month.
The Ohio DNR reduces limit for Yellow Perch on Lake Erie due to low stocks of the popular fish.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife will reduce the limits for perch fishing in the central zone beginning Saturday, May 1, 2021.
Each summer there is the potential of rapid moving storms and record setting heat which stresses the energy grid to cause a blackout.
Here is what to prepare for a power outage and outage maps for DTE Energy and Consumers Energy.
Lake effect snow from the Great Lakes occurs when conditions of evaporation and cold upper air currents slide over the region. Water retains on to heat more than air. This causes some open water in the Great Lakes to evaporate into the air and warm it. Rising up into the atmosphere this warm, wet air cools as it travels.