Last chance to nominate for Michigan’s Best Inland Lake
Posted May 14, 2021
Muskegon resident Michelle Rogalski swims 10-miles across Muskegon Lake in Muskegon, Michigan on Wednesday July 8, 2020. Alison Zywicki | azywicki@mlive.com
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Where is Michigan’s Best Inland Lake? We asked MLive readers for nominations, and you’ve answered, with hundreds and hundreds of suggestions coming in from all over the state.
“Beautiful to look at, and multiple recreation opportunities,” said one reader about Gun Lake, but this sentiment could pretty much be applied to any of our inland lakes in Michigan.
We’ve gotten nominations for some of the most popular lakes in Michigan, like gorgeous Torch Lake with its turquoise hued water, and sandy bottom. “Long, deep, clear and those colors, oh, those colors! No other lake is as beautiful,” said one reader about Torch. Another reader shared that “Torch Lake doesn’t feel like a lake, it feels like you’re on a boat in
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See all 132 nominations for Michigan’s Best Vacation Spot
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Michigan s Fayette Historic State Park, as photographed by Chris Pagan, one of the DNR s photo ambassadors for 2020. | Photo provided by Michigan DNR
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Well, Michiganders, we know where you’re headed this summer: “Up North.”
We asked you this week to nominate Michigan’s Best Vacation Spot, and you responded with an overwhelming number of destinations for Northern Michigan.
The Northern Lower Peninsula led the way with 62 nominations.
The Upper Peninsula was next with 37.
With a total of 132 nominations, that’s 75 percent of your nominations for places “Up North.”
Michigan coronavirus data for Friday, April 23: Cases are down; deaths are up, with 1,047 since April 1
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Still, Michigan hospitalizations are also down slightly compared to the beginning of the week.
But deaths a lagging factor are still rising, with the state now averaging 58 deaths a day.
The state has reported 1,047 confirmed COVID-19 deaths so far in April, the first time since January that deaths have exceeded a 1,000 in a month.
Since Jan. 1, a total of 4,081 Michigan residents have died of confirmed coronavirus.
Below is a look at state and county numbers for new cases and positivity rates, as well as statewide numbers on hospitalizations, deaths and vaccinations.