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2020 Festival cancellations deal blow to local economies
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Many festivals in the Great Lakes region were cancelled due to the pandemic, though tourists still visited in droves.
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Michigan farmers markets adjust to the pandemic
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Most of the state’s 240 farmers markets survived during the pandemic that upended the way fresh produce, baked goods and other items are sold at the popular venues.
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Pandemic drives Michigan economy
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Welcome to the COVID economy: Lumber prices and tent sales soared. Great Lakes shipping took a dive. Home sales were up. And energy sales shifted from manufacturing plants to home offices.
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COVID shutdown cuts crashes and road repairs, but more people die
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A look at some of the consequences of the pandemic on Michigan’s highways.
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Project begins testing sewage for COVID-19 across Michigan
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Michigan is searching the state’s sewers for the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Engaging with nature and just getting outside help in the age of COVID-19
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If there’s one upside to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s that more people are getting outdoors and connecting with nature.
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Pandemic impacts library services, budgets in long term
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Library patrons may not be spending hours browsing the stacks for new reads, but Michigan librarians are still busy quarantining books and shipping them to eager summer readers.
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Research delayed: Megan Mader
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Coronovirus one more danger of fieldwork to study the impact of people on the ecology of drowned river mouths.
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Research delayed: Elizabeth Lombardi
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“I think that there’s a tendency for a lot of people that work on independent research projects to get a little, you know, obsessive, and they’re super driven.”
