one stoplight town

"I come from a long line of patriots who have served this great nation — a fifth-generation veteran. Living in a tiny, one stoplight town in Colorado made me even more adamant about joining. I wanted to serve my country, improve myself and travel. The military provided opportunities for all three."

A week before Thanksgiving, Danny, Janice and two of their closest friends — both unvaccinated — gathered for an evening of cards in Lewiston, a one stoplight town surrounded by state forests and inland lakes more than 200 miles north of Detroit.

In the operating room of a hospital in the one- stoplight town of Hale Center, he listens to a doctor describe the type of anesthesia used there.