By Bob Wessel
A trip from Petersburg to Blissfield is measured in minutes today. This was not the case when George Giles made the trip in 1826.
Giles was obliged to cut a 13-mile-long road through the wilderness and wetlands along the River Raisin to reach his new home in Blissfield.
Anyone looking across the lower eastern part of Lenawee County over the land between the River Raisin and the Ohio state line would never know that this flat picturesque area did not start out as the rich and productive farmland we see today. This land was once an untamed swamp, home to a wide range of wildlife and providing a fertile hunting ground for native Americans and newly arriving white settlers.
176 infected in new coronavirus outbreaks at 57 schools, says Michigan’s May 10 school outbreak report
Updated May 10, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
Buses drop off students during the first day of school at Estabrook Elementary in Ypsilanti on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020.
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The data was collected on Thursday, May 6, and includes preschools and daycares in those buildings
Last week, the state reported 197 infections in new outbreaks at 65 K-12 school buildings.
The biggest new outbreaks involves 12 students on the track team at Fulton Middle School in Gratiot County; nine students at West Middle School in Rochester Hills, and eight students and staff at St. Stephen Catholic School in New Boston, which is part of metro Detroit.
Boosting a blooming industry
Spartan researchers are working to show how LEDs can help Michigan’s greenhouse specialty cut flower growers save energy and improve their crops
When Americans buy their cut roses, carnations and chrysanthemums for Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day and other celebrations, roughly 80% of those flowers come from other countries.
In fact, the United States is historically one of the world’s leading importers of traditional cut flowers.
Now, however, American consumers are starting to buy more flowers from local growers, which lets buyers get more diverse arrangements, support community businesses and reduce their carbon footprint.