| June 16, 2021 
 Wearing a full-body suit and face mask, a recent Michigan State University graduate reaches into a nearly four-foot-tall, corrugated curing tube filled to the brim with marijuana buds at the 45,000-square-foot Common Citizen industrial grow facility in Marshall. Digital numbers on a plastic end cap display the internal temperature and the moisture content. Jayson Butler, 22, two weeks into the job, comes up with a fistful of green marijuana flower and places it in a brown jar on a scale. He reads aloud the weight and goes back in for more. The contents will be tested for THC potency, mold and microbials, heavy metals, fungus, pesticides or any other foreign matter. It’s all part of the heavily regulated process that ensures marijuana sold in stores across Michigan is safe. READ MORE ►Michigan's most famous weed strain, Pinconning Paralyzer, eyes comeback after two-decade hibernation  Mackinac Island’s 2020 summer season was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and even its peak tourism period looked a lot different than previous years. However, six weeks into the 2021 season, life on the island not only looks to be regaining a sense of normalcy -- it appears on pace to surpass pre-COVID visitor numbers as Michiganders catch up on the traveling they missed out on last year. “We’ve seen a lot of pent-up demand,” said Brian Bailey, owner of a handful of businesses on the island. READ  In the fall of 1942, when he was in his early 20s and the world was at war, Gerald John Lustila Sr. was drafted into the U.S. Army. This month, the WWII veteran who recently moved from Metro Detroit to Bay County to live with his son, will mark his 100th birthday surrounded by family. Lustila will turn 100 on Thursday, June 24. Coincidentally, another WWII veteran who also lives in Bay County, Dale Grigg, will celebrate his 100th birthday that same day. The two have never met, but they both have memories of serving in WWII. MORE ►Flint-area WWII veteran, who once escaped an attack after ship was bombed, celebrates 100th birthday
 Unlock Michigan plans to launch another petition initiative that will aim to take away the emergency powers of the state health department. The group, which previously gathered signatures to potentially trigger a repeal of the law Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used to issue emergency orders at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, plans to initiate a second petition this week, according to a spokesperson. The new petition would target a law that provides the state health director with the power to create rules to safeguard public health and prevent the spread of diseases and sources of contamination. READ  The summer solstice has the most daylight minutes of any day in the year. So that would mean it also has the earliest sunrise and latest sunset, right? Well, no. That's not the case. MLive Chief Meteorologist Mark Torregrossa explains: "The solstice marks the moment the sun is farthest north in its orbit. So the summer solstice day is the “longest day” of the year here in the northern hemisphere. By longest day, this means we have the most daylight on the solstice day. But we don’t have the earliest sunrise and the latest sunset on the solstice day." READ MORE Get your local news 24/7 Connect with MLive
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