Local data Thursday showed in the past week Dickinson County had 111 new COVID-19 positives and another death attributed to the virus, while Iron County had 46 new cases and two more deaths. But the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department numbers released Thursday morning do indicate the ...
The pace of COVID-19 activity in the region continues to slow, as state data Wednesday showed Dickinson County added 27 confirmed COVID-19 positives and Iron County 16 new cases in the past two days. Figures on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website ...
KINGSFORD — The Dickinson-Iron District Health Department has received additional protective masks, available free to the public. “In an attempt to ensure everyone has an opportunity to acquire KN95 masks who want them, we ask that residents pick up one pack of five masks per person while supplies last,” said Jessica Perry, emergency preparedness coordinator. The Dickinson County health office is at 818 Pyle Drive, Kingsford. The Iron County office is at 601 Washington Ave., Iron River. The state health department is sending the stronger masks to health agencies across Michigan.
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers on Tuesday passed a $1.2 billion spending bill to combat COVID-19, including $300 million to help hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities give recruitment and retention bonuses to workers. The pending allocation is the latest from aid that was enacted by Congress and President Joe Biden nearly a year ago. It will be funded with half discretionary and half nondiscretionary federal pandemic dollars, leaving Michigan with $4.7 billion of the $6.5 billion with which it has broad flexibility and $1.2 billion in remaining ...
State data Monday showed another death blamed on COVID-19 in Dickinson County, along with 34 new confirmed cases of the virus in the past three days. Iron County also added 15 confirmed cases, according to figures on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website ...
DETROIT (AP) — A man charged in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has agreed to plead guilty, according to documents filed Monday, giving prosecutors another insider who could be a key witness at a March trial. Kaleb Franks said he would join Ty Garbin as the second ...
