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Will Remote Workers Flock to Their Cottages to Sit Out the Michigan Coronavirus?

March 30, 2020March 15, 2020 by Mike Hardy

Sitting Out the Pandemic in a Michigan Cottage

Just as the Michigan coronavirus warnings were starting, I was in line at a local market in northern Michigan. Fortunately, we were already stocked with toilet paper as I looked at an empty set of shelves. I was able to get everything we needed including a nice corned beef for St. Patrick’s Day. I was … Read more Will Remote Workers Flock to Their Cottages to Sit Out the Michigan Coronavirus?

Michigan’s Experience with Pandemics – Infographic

March 27, 2020March 13, 2020 by Mike Hardy

Over the past 100 years, the United States and Michigan have been hit with four influenza pandemics. Of all of these, the 1918 outbreak was the most serious in terms of mortality and the two-year duration of the epidemic.

The Sebewaing Michigan Coal Mines

March 30, 2020March 10, 2020 by Mike Hardy

Michigan discovered coal near Jackson in the 1830s. Further north coal operations started near Saginaw in the 1850s. Peaking during WWI, Sebewaing had coal mining operations up until the early 1900’s. The last coal mine was closed in 1952.

We ask a DNR Fish Biologist; What Happened to All the Yellow Perch in Saginaw Bay?

March 20, 2020March 6, 2020 by Mike Hardy

We have a conversation with a Michigan DNR fish biologist on why we have had a decline of yellow perch on Saginaw Bay. The answer was a bit of a surprise.