Editing Mio, Michigan (section)

==History==
The community was founded in 1881 and was originally called "Mioe", in honor of Marla Deyarmond, the wife of town founder Henry Deyarmond. Other founders included Colige Comins, Reirlo Fosdick, and John Randall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laketolake.com/cities/display-city-92.php|title=Mio Bed and Breakfasts, Michigan Lake to Lake Bed and Breakfast Association - Michigan Lake to Lake Bed and Breakfast Association|work=laketolake.com|access-date=December 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331205221/http://www.laketolake.com/cities/display-city-92.php|archive-date=March 31, 2009|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> A post office named Mioe opened May 3, 1882. The name changed to Mio on November 21, 1883.<ref>{{gnis|2499972|Mio Post Office}}</ref>

===State high temperature record===
Mio holds the state record for the [[U.S. state and territory temperature extremes|highest recorded temperature]], when it reached {{convert|112|F|C}} on July 13, 1936. An identical temperature was also recorded on the same day in the village of [[Stanwood, Michigan|Stanwood]], in [[Mecosta County]].<ref name="scec">{{Cite web |title=State Climate Extremes Committee - Records - Michigan |url=http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremes/scec/records |access-date=January 21, 2016 |publisher=National Climatic Data Center}}</ref>

===PBB contamination event===
In 1973, a [[Polybrominated biphenyl|polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) contamination event]] caused farmers in the area to destroy their herds. This event occurred when a dock worker accidentally shipped five hundred pounds of fire retardant Fire Master instead of the feed supplement Nutrimaster,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2014/12/28/pbb-crisis-unfolded/20974929/|title=PBB exposure forced farmers to destroy their herds|work=[[Detroit Free Press]]|access-date=March 27, 2017|language=en}}</ref> leading to the contamination of various farm animals, including cows, pigs, chickens, and sheep. Shortly after, the farmers noticed deformities and sickness among their livestock and newborn calves. More than 35,000 cows were found to be contaminated and had to be destroyed. Out of these, 1,300 were dumped into a clay-lined pit in Mio.<ref name=":0" /> As of 2014, PBB is still detectable in the blood tests of some people in this area.<ref name=":0" />

===Detroit-area hunters murdered===
For nearly eighteen years, Mio was thrust into the local and national media spotlight due to a case involving two [[Metro Detroit|Detroit-area]] hunters who went missing in the fall of 1985. Progress in the investigation was stymied by area residents' refusal to help, citing fears of violent reprisal. On November 21, 1985, childhood friends David Tyll and Brian Ognjan were beaten to death with baseball bats outside of a local bar. The case was eventually cracked in 2003, when two brothers, Raymond and Donald Duvall, both from South Branch, in [[Iosco County]], were convicted of murdering the pair near Mio. It was rumored that the murderers had disposed of the bodies by feeding them to pigs.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum/threads/2-brothers-found-guilty-of-murdering-hunters.51347/ |title=2 brothers found guilty of murdering hunters |date=October 29, 2003 |first1=Hugh |last1=McDiarmid, Jr. |newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]] |access-date=June 18, 2017}}</ref> When the two brothers were sentenced to life in prison without parole, Tyll's father said, "They took my son. It doesn't bring him back, but it's something."<ref>http://www.michigan/sportsman.com/form/achieve/index.php/t/51347.html {{dead link|date=June 2017}}</ref> A true account of the crimes was detailed in ''Darker Than Night'', a 2006 book by Tom Henderson.

===Historical markers===
There are two historical markers in Mio.
* Mio Hydroelectric Plant was built in 1916 on the lower Au Sable River. William W. Tefft, a [[Consumers Energy|Consumers Power]] civil and hydraulic engineer, invented and patented the so-called "conduit spillway", which channels excessive flow through channels built into the plant. This was the first plant to use it, and it is cheaper than other forms of spillways.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.michmarkers.com/Frameset.htm |title=Mio electric Plant historical marker |access-date=February 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315141338/http://www.michmarkers.com/Frameset.htm |archive-date=March 15, 2010 |url-status=usurped |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* [[Oscoda County Courthouse]] was built in 1888.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webarchives.cdlib.org/sw1hm53n4b/http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/Population/Photos/ShowCH.asp?FIPS=26135|title=Web Archives: View Archived Page|work=cdlib.org|access-date=December 12, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.michmarkers.com/Frameset.htm |title=Mio historical markers |access-date=February 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315141338/http://www.michmarkers.com/Frameset.htm |archive-date=March 15, 2010 |url-status=usurped |df=mdy-all }}</ref> It was destroyed by a fire on May 5, 2016. Construction of a new building officially began on May 20, 2019, and was completed in February 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Brief History of Oscoda County |url=https://www.oscodacountymi.com/county-history/ |website=County History |publisher=Oscoda County |access-date=30 July 2021 |ref=countyhistory}}</ref>