This year the show will go on
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If all goes as planned, the annual Huron Community Fair will be held Aug. 1-7 and things might start feeling normal. (Tribune File Photo) Show MoreShow Less
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If all goes as planned, the annual Huron Community Fair will be held Aug. 1-7 and things might start feeling normal. (Tribune File Photo) Show MoreShow Less
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If all goes as planned, the annual Huron Community Fair will be held Aug. 1-7 and things might start feeling normal. (Tribune File Photo) Show MoreShow Less
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Following more than a year of event cancellations, lockdowns and restrictions, Huron County residents have some hope on the horizon with the announcement that the Huron Community Fair will be held in 2021.
Concerns arise over replacing Hepfer at health department
Tuscola County commissioners want to explore options
Mary Drier, For the Tribune
May 1, 2021
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Ann Hepfer
TUSCOLA COUNTY Hopes are high that the pandemic will either be over or under control by fall when Ann Hepfer retires. Hepfer is the health officer for both the Huron and the Tuscola County health departments.
Whether it is or isn’t, Tuscola County commissioners have concerns about the future of the department and how much control it has over operations, as well as the selection of a new health officer.
Hepfer announced her retirement to the Huron County Board of Commissioners in March, and informed the Tuscola board in April.
Tuscola County Health Department advises unofficial Reese prom attendees to quarantine after positive cases detected
Updated Apr 29, 2021;
Posted Apr 29, 2021
High-heeled shoes are kicked off during a high school prom in this 2013 file photo.J. Scott Park | MLive.com file
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REESE, MI Public health officials in Tuscola County are advising anyone who attended a recent unofficial Reese prom event to quarantine after positive cases of COVID-19 were detected among prom-goers.
“Please be advised there have been individuals in attendance that are confirmed COVID-19 positive,” reads a recent post on the Tuscola County Health Department Facebook page.
The event took place Saturday, April 24, at The Grand Banquet and Conference Center in Bay City, according to health department officials.
Letter to the Editor: Local leadership needs to set better examples
Letter to the Editor
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Letter to the editor:
The recent surge of the COVID-19 virus hitting the Thumb Region is frightening. Even more frightening is how local leadership in the Upper Thumb is handling the surge. Local leadership are not doing their jobs of keeping the needs of residents first in every decision they make and, frankly, don’t make.
During a recent meeting with the Tuscola County Commissioners, health department Director Ann Hepfer pleaded with the board to call for a state of emergency to continue virtual meetings. A county commissioner in an open meeting told Hepfer that all these COVID statistics are “propaganda” and because she asked for a state of emergency that it was a power trip for her.
Upper Thumb sees another triple-digit COVID-19 case increase
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The Upper Thumb had another day of triple-digit COVID-19 case increases, with 131 new cases and one new death on Saturday.
According to state data, Huron County had 26 new confirmed cases and one new death, with the county’s numbers now standing at 2,599 confirmed cases and 61 deaths.
Tuscola County had 59 new confirmed cases and no new deaths, bringing the county’s totals to 4,029 confirmed cases and 137 deaths.
Sanilac County saw 46 new confirmed cases and no new deaths, with the county’s numbers now at 3,086 confirmed cases and 82 deaths.
Across the state, there were 6,892 new cases and 74 new deaths, of which 57 of them were identified during a vital records review.