| November 18, 2021 
 Most of us didn't foresee still having to make these decisions for the 2021 holiday season. But with Thanksgiving around the corner, here were are in a COVID surge having to ask ourselves where our comfort level is with large indoor gatherings, especially when that gathering includes unvaccinated friends and family. One reader asked if they should include their non-vaccinated relatives in their Thanksgiving dinner plans if the majority is vaccinated and there are no known underlying health conditions amongst the group. Additionally, they expressed concern about asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic spread from the vaccinated attendees to those non-vaccinated. Here is what the experts have to say: READ HERE  A blast of Canadian cold, warm Great Lakes and proper wind flow should create a burst of heavy lake-effect snow early next week. Sometimes lake-effect snow is fairly easy to forecast. When we have a valid blast of cold air and record warm Great Lakes, our first heavy lake-effect should be a no-brainer. A weak storm system moving from southern Canada will deepen and strengthen right over the eastern U.P. and the adjacent area of Ontario. The strengthening of the storm system will happen Sunday night and Monday. READ MORE  Spectrum Health is in “unprecedented” territory as COVID-19 cases climb and other patients suffering from serious medical problems continue to come to the hospital in large numbers, officials with the Grand Rapids-based healthcare provider said Tuesday. “We have not experienced anything like this throughout the entire pandemic — the combination of non-COVID acuity and volumes coupled with dramatically increasing covid care,” Dr. Darryl Elmouchi told reporters during an online press conference. READ MORE  In 26 full seasons as Michigan State’s head coach, plus a decade before that as an assistant coach, Tom Izzo has had plenty of time to develop his list of things he looks for when deciding who to recruit (and who not to recruit). But while certain physical characteristics are certainly important, Izzo said he’s spent more time in recent years evaluating some of the non-physical attributes of players: their personality and values. READ THIS  A beloved holiday tradition has once again returned to Michigan’s national forestland: The $5 U-cut Christmas tree. Each year, the U.S. Forest Service offers the opportunity for people to cut their own wild-grown Christmas tree from Michigan’s nearly 3 million acres of national forests. READ MORE
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