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RIGA TWP. A tornado caused damage Sunday night to houses, barns and trees in Riga Township, the National Weather Service confirmed late Monday.
There were no injuries or fatalities caused by the tornado, just property damage and downed trees.
“We are probably pretty lucky; lucky that (the tornado) impacted a fairly rural area,” Lenawee County Emergency Management Coordinator Craig Tanis said Tuesday. “We obviously feel for the families and the persons whose houses and barns sustained the most damage. Other houses sustained minimal damage, lost trees, had roofing issues. It could have been a lot worse. We are in no way minimizing what those with the most damage are going through right now.”
ADRIAN Anyone who wants a COVID-19 vaccine in Lenawee County should be able to get one.
The county has been holding mass vaccinations clinics at the Lenawee County Fair & Event Grounds since January and has expanded its efforts to include clinics at local fire departments, businesses and schools.
Vaccine hesitancy is now the biggest negating factor in ensuring that everyone who is eligible for the vaccine gets the vaccine.
“There’s definitely vaccine hesitancy. I mean we’re as a county, I think we’re just over 40% fully vaccinated,” Craig Tanis, emergency management coordinator for the county, said. “So I think that’s the point we’re at now is we got all the people that wanted it really bad initially, and now we’re going out in the communities and making it more convenient for those people who maybe were somewhat hesitant. So they’re coming in to get it and now we’re hitting the remainder of the ones that don’t necessarily want to
Residency requirement for COVID-19 vaccine being eliminated in Lenawee County
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LENAWEE COUNTY, MI As more residents have received their COVID-19 vaccinations, there has been a decrease in demand for appointments in Lenawee County, officials said.
This is prompting the county’s health department to lift its residency requirement for those wishing to be vaccinated.
“When receiving your vaccine, you will no longer have to show identification proving that you live or work in Lenawee County,” Craig Tanis, Lenawee County Emergency Management Coordinator said.
The county also is offering multiple COVID-19 vaccination clinics.
A Moderna vaccine clinic is set for Thursday, April 22, at the Lenawee County Fairgrounds in Adrian.
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