COVID-19 activity continues to spike in the area, with local data Thursday showing Dickinson County in the past seven days has added 228 new confirmed COVID-19 positives plus a death blamed on the virus, while Iron County had 89 more cases and one more death as well. Dickinson County also has ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration disputed the methodology and conclusions in a pending report that is expected to say there were thousands more coronavirus-related deaths tied to nursing homes and other long-term care facilities in Michigan than reported by the ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin National Guard troops will help fill staffing shortages at skilled nursing facilities over the coming weeks in hopes of opening up more beds and relieving pressure on hospitals overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients, Gov. Tony Evers announced Thursday. The ...

NORWAY — The Norway-Vulcan School District will shift elementary classes to remote learning today through at least Jan. 21 to counter a “dramatic spike” of COVID-19 cases among students and staff, officials announced Wednesday. For now, the high school and middle school, which have not ...

State data Wednesday showed 89 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County and 36 in Iron County in the past two days, along with another death linked to the virus in each county. Figures on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Wednesday indicated ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s record high COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations could peak in late January or early February before beginning to drop, state health officials said Tuesday, while urging residents to help control the height of the crest. “We have a choice to make: Do we ...