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Covid-19

State lists 11 new COVID cases in Iron, 8 in Dickinson

State data Monday showed 11 more COVID-19 positives in Iron County but only eight in Dickinson County over the past three days. Figures on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Monday indicated 228 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the Upper Peninsula since ...

State: 17 new virus cases in Dickinson, 8 in Iron

State data Friday showed 17 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County and 21 in Menominee County in the two previous days. Across the border in Wisconsin, Marinette County added 45 confirmed cases since Wednesday, according to that state’s data site. For the Upper Peninsula, ...

Norway schools to end mask requirements for older students

NORWAY — Students in grades seven through 12 at Norway-Vulcan Area Schools will not be required to wear facial coverings when they return to class Monday. In an email to families Friday afternoon, district officials stated the number of COVID-19 cases had dropped to the point that students ...

Local data shows 3 virus deaths in Iron, 2 in Dickinson

Dickinson County recorded two more deaths attributed to COVID-19 in the past week and Iron County three deaths, local coronavirus case counts showed Thursday. Dickinson County also had 49 new confirmed COVID-19 positives since Oct. 21, while Iron County added 26 cases, according to the ...

State: Nine more COVID deaths in UP

State data Wednesday showed nine additional deaths blamed on COVID-19 in the Upper Peninsula, including one in Dickinson County. Across the border in Wisconsin, Marinette County also had a virus-related death along with 68 new confirmed positives since Monday. For the Upper Peninsula, ...

Michigan readies for children’s vaccines

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday directed the state to ensure that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 will be quickly available if the federal government gives it the green light. Her directive came the same day an advisory committee to the U.S. ...