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Looking back: 2020 s Top stories in mid-Michigan, #5 to #1
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A Window into Midland s Past: Ketcham, Wright were county lumbermen
Compiled by Gary F. Skory
Dec. 31, 2020
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Wright and Ketcham headquarters in Lincoln Township. (Photo provided/Midland County Historical Society)
EDITOR S NOTE The Midland County Historical Society is partnering with the Midland Daily News for A Window to Midland s Past, which will feature historical pieces in print and online at ourmidland.com. This particular piece was compiled by retired historical society director Gary Skory from the 1884 Biographical Album. It was originally published on Sept. 16, 1993.
The magnificent stands of virgin white pine trees, which were found throughout Michigan during much of the 19th century, attracted attention of lumbermen and speculators, alike, from other states. Many of the “lumber barons” who settled in the Saginaw Valley migrated from the eastern states, where pre-Civil War lumbering activity had already wiped out thousands of acres of prime s
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2009 satellite image of the Gulf of Mexico, where the Hypoxic Zone occurs. Image: Jeff Schmaltz, NASA Earth Observatory
By Lillian Young
Fertilizer runoff from seasonal heavy rainfall on Midwestern farms is traveling down the Mississippi River and creating a “hypoxic zone,” or low oxygen zone in the Gulf of Mexico, a recent study by Iowa State University scientists warns. The damage threatens the natural life and environment in the area, it says.
The Great Lakes face a similar threat from nitrogen runoff.
The scientists used computer modeling methods to see how much nitrogen from Midwestern farming fertilizers makes its way into ecosystems. The results showed that significant runoff goes as far south as the Gulf, where it contributes heavily to the hypoxic zone.
State COVID numbers surpass 4,200 Wednesday
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Mid-Michigan s final two deaths from COVID-19 in 2020 were both residents of Clare County nursing homes.
One was an elderly woman who had underlying health issues and one was an elderly man, said Melissa DeRoche, spokeswoman for Central Michigan District Health Department. Both were residents of congregate care facilities, although she said she didn t have information on which one.
Nursing homes and other congregate living facilities are particularly vulnerable targets for COVID-19. While people younger than 65 usually recover quickly and with few lingering effects from the disease, the rate of mortality goes up as people get older. That is increased if the person has chronic health conditions.
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