State and local governments will have greater flexibility to spend $350 billion of federal COVID-19 aid under new rules from President Joe Biden’s administration. The revised rules mean that most cities and counties will be free to spend their entire allotment on any government services ...

State data Friday showed 41 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County and 14 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 Friday indicated 691 ...

Local data Thursday showed Dickinson County in the past eight days has added 111 new confirmed COVID-19 positives plus a death blamed on the virus, while Iron County had 69 more cases and two more deaths. Dickinson County also has had 101 probable coronavirus positives and Iron County nine ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Exhausted health officials on Thursday again begged Wisconsin residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19, test for the disease if they've been exposed and stay home as omicron swamps state hospitals. The state Department of Health Services reported a staggering ...

Afternoons with Grammy. Birthday parties. Meeting other toddlers at the park. Parents of children too young to be vaccinated are facing difficult choices as an omicron variant-fueled surge in COVID-19 cases makes every encounter seem risky. For Maine business owner Erin Connolly, the most ...

The numbers of new COVID-19 positives continues to climb on both sides of the region’s borders. Figures on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Wednesday indicated 650 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Upper Peninsula since Monday. In Wisconsin, ...