Local health officials Thursday reported 74 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County in the past week — along with two more coronavirus-related deaths — and 36 cases and a death in Iron County. Dickinson County also had 76 probable cases since figures last were updated Sept. ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday proposed spending $6.3 million in federal rescue funding to reduce a backlog of felony cases in Michigan courts that was caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The governor’s office said there are more than 6,200 cases, the most common being gun cases, that have been awaiting adjudication for roughly five months or longer. The funding, if approved by the Republican-led Legislature, would be used to create “virtual backlog reduction dockets” — teamed by visiting judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, court clerks, probation ...
By Daily News staff Marinette County has recorded 101 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the past two days, Wisconsin state data showed. Just across the border in the Upper Peninsula, Menominee County added 30 confirmed cases and Dickinson County 19 since Monday, along with two more ...
MARQUETTE — The Gwinn Middle and High schools will go virtual starting today and continuing until at least Oct. 18 due to COVID-19 activity. In a post Tuesday on Facebook, Gwinn Superintendent Brandon Bruce said, “Unfortunately, we continue to have high positive COVID rates at the MS/HS. I need to try to mitigate these high numbers and I feel the best way to do this is to shut the HS/MS down for a 10-day period.” Students will continue to be instructed by their teachers, who will work in the buildings. “Students will be instructed by staff regarding the expectations for ...
State data Monday showed 308 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the Upper Peninsula since Friday, including 30 more cases in Menominee County, 19 in Dickinson County and 11 in Iron County. Across the border in Wisconsin, Marinette County added 31 confirmed positives in the past three ...
State data Friday showed 382 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the Upper Peninsula since Wednesday, including 44 cases in Dickinson County and 42 in Menominee County. Across the border in Wisconsin, Marinette County had 38 more confirmed positives Friday. The Michigan Department of ...
