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“Every life is precious, and we will continue to work hard to protect more Arizonans and overcome the devastating effects of the pandemic.”

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has ordered that flags be lowered to half staff throughout the state Friday to honor the service of Michigan Air National Guard Technical Sergeant Nathan William Denryter. Denryter, who died of cancer, was born in Warren on Sept. 22, 1980 and raised in Avoca. He was a 1999 gradate of Yale High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in in education in 2007.He enlisted in the Michigan Air National Guard in 2002, serving two tours of duty both Iraq and Afghanistan. Denryter was currently working at the Dryden Fire Department where he had been employed since 2009 and previously worked at the Kenockee Township Fire Department from 2001 to 2005. In 2008, he also started a career teaching as an elementary art teacher for Lapeer Community Schools. “Technical Sergeant Nathan Denryter exemplified the highest level of public service in everything he did throughout his life,” Whitmer said in a news release. “Our state shows its gratitude by lowering the flags to half-staff as we mourn this incredible loss. My thoughts are with his family and friends during this difficult time.”To lower flags to half-staff, flags should be hoisted first to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff position. The process is reversed before the flag is lowered for the day. Flags should be returned to full-staff on Saturday, April 4.– Macomb Daily staff

The seven-day average for the state health department’s newly reported coronavirus cases was 1,528.14 for Sunday, according to tracking by The Associated Press, the second-lowest mark since Nov. 5. The seven-day average of newly reported deaths was at its lowest mark of the year on Sunday at 75.29.

The westbound lanes of Interstate 10 in west Phoenix reopened around 6 a.m. on Saturday after being closed for a few hours because of a crash near 67th Avenue.

PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey ordered flags be at half-staff across the state Tuesday to honor those lost to COVID-19, following a proclamation by President Joe Biden.

“As we pull together and continue to work to save lives and fight COVID-19, we also grieve and pray for all the lives we’ve lost in Arizona and across the nation to this disease,” Ducey said in a statement. “We mourn each and every life lost — loved ones, family, friends, neighbors.”

“Technical Sergeant Nathan Denryter exemplified the highest level of public service in everything he did throughout his life,” Whitmer said in a news release. “Our state shows its gratitude by lowering the flags to half-staff as we mourn this incredible loss. My thoughts are with his family and friends during this difficult time.”

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Denryter, who died of cancer, was born in Warren on Sept. 22, 1980 and raised in Avoca. He was a 1999 gradate of Yale High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in in education in 2007.

After spiking to record highs following the holidays, case and hospitalization numbers have fallen to pre-Thanksgiving levels in Arizona.

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To lower flags to half-staff, flags should be hoisted first to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff position. The process is reversed before the flag is lowered for the day. Flags should be returned to full-staff on Saturday, April 4.

He enlisted in the Michigan Air National Guard in 2002, serving two tours of duty both Iraq and Afghanistan. Denryter was currently working at the Dryden Fire Department where he had been employed since 2009 and previously worked at the Kenockee Township Fire Department from 2001 to 2005. In 2008, he also started a career teaching as an elementary art teacher for Lapeer Community Schools.

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Arizona ranks sixth in the nation for COVID-19 deaths per capita over the last seven days and 17th in cases, according to Monday’s update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.

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