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Gratiot hits 50-COVID deaths, 18 die across mid-Michigan
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Michigan virus numbers rise as vaccine distribution begins; residents urged to keep wearing masks
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Sixteen people from Isabella, Gratiot and Clare counties were among the 29 who died from COVID-19 from Dec. 4 to Monday. Four of Isabella County s seven deaths were from two nursing home outbreaks.
Three of those were from one facility, Medilodge of Mt. Pleasant, 1524 Portobello Dr. In all, 61 residents and approximately 20 staff have contracted the disease.
The deaths all involving elderly people including two women, one who died on Dec. 4 and one on Dec. 8, and a man who died Dec. 9, said Steve Hall, health officer for Central Michigan District Health Department. It brings the total number of Medilodge deaths to five, including a woman who was Isabella County s second COVID-19 death in early April.
Two-day virus numbers announced amid rollout of vaccine to frontline health workers
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Three local men are recipients of this yearâs CAG Hall of Fame Awards.
Bernie Bessert, Norm Keon and Ed Lorenz were voted into the Hall of Fame by the members of the Pine River Superfund Citizen Task Force, an EPA recognized Community Advisory Group (CAG). All three were involved with the formation of the CAG at its beginning in December, 1997. In previous years, the award ceremony took place at the annual Christmas Potluck, but with Covid 19 restrictions in place, the plaques were presented separately.
Bernie Bessert. Photo provided by Pine River Superfund Citizen Task Force.
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Bessert, a resident of St. Louis, was an employee of Farm Bureau Services during the PBB crisis of the 1970s.