State health data showed COVID-19 activity dropped in Dickinson County in the past week while rising slightly in Iron County. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Tuesday listed 21 new confirmed positives in Dickinson County, down 23 from a week ago. Iron ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for his role in fraudulently obtaining more than in $1.4 million in federal COVID-19 relief money. A federal judge Tuesday ordered the sentence against 47-year-old Jemar Mason of Grand Rapids, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of people who enrolled in Medicaid during the COVID-19 pandemic could start to lose their coverage on April 1 if Congress passes the $1.7 trillion spending package leaders unveiled Tuesday. The legislation will sunset a requirement of the COVID-19 public health ...

Local health data Friday showed another two deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Dickinson County, making for five deaths in the past four weeks, even as confirmed virus cases continue to decline. Dickinson County had 28 new confirmed positives since Dec. 8, 19 fewer than the previous week. Iron ...

County health officers don’t need approval from elected officials to issue orders, the Michigan Court of Appeals said in a precedent-setting decision related to protests over COVID-19 school mask mandates. Mask orders were controversial when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration changed ...

REYNOSA, Mexico (AP) — An appeals court on Friday rejected efforts by conservative states to maintain Trump-era asylum restrictions on immigrants seeking asylum. With the limits set to expire next week, thousands of migrants packed shelters on Mexico's border. The ruling from the D.C. ...