State data Tuesday showed a new death in Dickinson County blamed on COVID-19, even as virus activity appeared to decline in the area for the week. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Tuesday recorded 14 new confirmed positives in Dickinson County since ...
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, who pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering. Mason was among four people, including a former Georgia police officer, in a group that prepared fraudulent applications for federal Paycheck Protection Program loans in 2020 for companies that did not have legitimate ...
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 emergency that prohibited states from booting people off Medicaid. The Biden administration has been under mounting pressure to declare the public health emergency over, with 25 Republican governors asking the president to end it in a letter on Monday, which cited growing concerns about bloated ...
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 course and left key decisions to local health departments. The result: blistering criticism and tense confrontations at county board meetings in some parts of Michigan. Critics had pleaded with elected commissioners to intervene, carrying signs that said, “Our Kids Our Choice” and “Parents ...
