CADILLAC — Wexford County has dropped below the state of Michigan s 3% threshold for COVID-19 positivity rates. While the World Health Organization has used 5% as an indicator that COVID-19
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State data had Wexford Countyâs pandemic total holding at 2,539. State data had deaths at 43, though the most recent local health department data had deaths at 41 (District Health Department No. 10 had not updated the coronavirus daily dashboard at the Cadillac News deadline; however, the two numbers typically are off by two). The seven-day average positivity rate was 5.2% with the most recent data from May 31.
Vaccine completion rates in the following age brackets were: 24.7% for teens 16 to 19; 24% for people in their 20s; 33.5% for people in their 30s; 41.5% for people in their 40s; 54.5% for people 50 to 64; 73.9% for people 65 to 74 and 74.9% for people 75-plus. The overall completion rate was 45.4%; the initiation rate was 50.6%. Kids age 12 to 15 have not been eligible for vaccination long enough to be fully vaccinated. The initiation rate in Wexford County for the youngest eligible age bracket is 12.9%. The most recent vaccine data was from May 31.
MANTON â The wildfire that broke out northwest of Manton on Tuesday was fully contained as of Friday afternoon, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced.
The Colfax Fire, as it was named, was reported Tuesday afternoon shortly after 4:30 p.m. It burned approximately 378 acres of private and state forest land. The cause is under investigation.
The DNR initially reported that the fire broke out in a scotch pine plantation and continued to burn into aspen, red pine and spruce on state forest land.
Though the fire was handled by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (and local fire teams), the Cadillac News spoke to a representative of the Huron-Manistee National Forest about wildfires generally.
CADILLAC — A Cadillac man accused in a shooting incident Wednesday has been told he ll need $100,000 cash or surety to get out of jail while the case against him