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Over the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected our lives in many ways. Travel is one of those affected.
This map by AAA displays the latest recent information about COVID-19-related travel restrictions inside the United States and Canada.
The Superior National Forest is closing the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, effective August 21, 2021, due to active and increasing fire activity, extreme drought, limited resources. The closure will be in place for seven days and may be modified or extended as conditions allow.
A Michigan Bigfoot Sighting is Tuscola county in July 2021 has caused some excitement in Michigan’s Thumb region. Unusual but not uncommon.
North America’s Great Lakes are the world’s most significant freshwater habitat. The Great Lakes also support a $7 billion commercial and recreational fishing industry. It’s been challenging to estimate fish… Read More »Sailboat Drones Begin Fish Count in Lakes Huron-Michigan
As of 2019, only 41% of Michigan’s working-age residents had an associate degree or higher, placing Michigan at 31st in the nation.
The Michigan Reconnect program offers residents free community college education for those aged 25 and over who do not have a degree.
Michigan’s Mount Pleasant’s Indian Boarding school is under investigation for the deaths of 227 children. The search for their remains continues
High water levels in the Great Lakes have created many changes. Especially on Lake Huron. Of the 2021 drownings, 15 occurred in Lake Michigan, compared to 12 a year ago.… Read More »Number of Drownings in Great Lakes Jumps in 2021, Nonprofit Says
The Michigan DEQ offers an updated listing of all beach closures and advisories. Thumbwind is offing this service in 2021.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer today amended a recent state of emergency declaration to include Huron and Ionia counties due to tornado damage and Washtenaw County due to widespread flooding. Governor Whitmer declared a state of emergency for Wayne… Read More »Governor Whitmer Declares State of Emergency in Huron, Ionia, and Washtenaw Counties
Fort Gratiot was built by the U.S. Army in 1814 to guard the strategic junction of Lake Huron and the St. Clair river.