| June 29, 2021 
 Michigan’s COVID-19 numbers are now at record lows, but plenty of individuals and families are still reeling from the impact of the state’s spring surge. From the start of March into May, Michigan became the nation’s poster child for what can happen when a COVID-19 variant takes hold in the population. The B.1.1.7. variant gained a footing here just as Michigan was lifting wintertime coronavirus restrictions. As restaurants reopened and schools resumed in-person classes, COVID-19 numbers took off. It could have been much worse: As the surge began in earnest in March, a majority of senior citizens had obtained at least one dose of vaccine, blunting the impact on that age group. But younger adults and children were sickened in record numbers. READ MORE ►Delta variant symptoms in children: What are they? Are they different from other COVID-19 strains  There’s no magic chair redefining the post-pandemic workspace. Yet, it’s a time of energy and innovation for the office furniture industry – which has three major players in West Michigan alone: Steelcase in Grand Rapids, Haworth in Holland and Herman Miller in Zeeland. If businesses want to convince – but not force – their workers to come collaborate in person, it’s going to take more than an assigned cubicle. From tents and pergolas to glass phone booths and filtration boxes, here are eight office concepts you may find in post-pandemic offices: CHECK IT OUT  Tucked behind a row of residential properties and Atlas Township’s only historical church is a small, family cemetery that houses the remains of Sally Hebbard, a direct descendant of a military leader on the Mayflower, and Norman Davison, a War of 1812 veteran who served as a part of Michigan’s earliest government. The cemetery, formerly known as Atlas Cemetery, was formed when Davison’s daughter was buried in 1837. After many years of confusion over who was caring for the cemetery in modern times, the land has been transferred to the local township. READ MORE ►64-year-old Michigan mall to be demolished, replaced with warehousing
 Thirteen months after she deployed resources to help those affected by the Sanford flooding, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was in a pair of rain boots in Detroit, surveying a portion of I-94 that is still underwater after flooding that started on Friday. “These are hard days. Three weeks into my time as governor we had the polar vortex and then we had COVID and then we had a 500-year flooding event. Now we have another big flooding event. This is climate change,” Whitmer said. Whitmer, who ran on a campaign pledge to “fix the damn roads” in 2018, stood on one that was still submerged and impassible. MORE  When Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa was booed and heckled mercilessly this weekend by a portion of Detroit Tigers’ fans, it was initially difficult to understand why. Was there some controversy we were unaware of? Had Correa said something bad about Detroit? Was there an old feud with a Tigers player that was still simmering? Apparently not. He was simply being booed for the whole sign-stealing thing that took place four years ago. And it is surprisingly tone deaf, given the Tigers’ current manager. READ Get your local news 24/7 Connect with MLive
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