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Covid-19

State lists 134 new virus cases across UP

State data Monday showed 134 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the Upper Peninsula since Friday, with 20 in Menominee County, seven in Dickinson County and five in Iron County. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Monday reported 30 new cases in Delta ...

Athletes, worker sue over vaccine rules at Michigan colleges

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Four female soccer players at Western Michigan University challenged the school’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement for athletes Monday, saying it violates their Christian beliefs. The lawsuit came days after a Michigan State University employee sued to block its mandate, ...

Hostile school board meetings have members quitting

A Nevada school board member said he had thoughts of suicide before stepping down amid threats and harassment. In Virginia, a board member resigned over what she saw as politics driving decisions on masks. The vitriol at board meetings in Wisconsin had one member fearing he would find his tires ...

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court refuses to take up mask challenge

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has declined to take up a conservative legal group’s challenge to Dane County’s mask mandate. In a 4-3 ruling issued Friday afternoon, the court refused to exercise its own jurisdiction over the recent public health order, instead leaving ...

Reporter punched in face while covering an anti-mask event

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A newspaper reporter said he was punched in the face while covering an anti-mask event near Traverse City. The Grand Traverse County sheriff’s office is investigating. “I know the concern you have,” Sheriff Tom Bensley told the Traverse City Record-Eagle. ...

State: 132 new virus cases in UP in past two days, 10 in Iron County

State data Friday showed 132 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the Upper Peninsula since Wednesday, with Iron County accounting for 10 of the cases and Dickinson County five. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Friday reported 27 new confirmed positives ...