State data Monday showed nine new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County since Friday and three more cases in Iron County. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Monday listed 87 new confirmed positives in the Upper Peninsula since Friday: 28 in ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday proposed spending $75 million in federal pandemic rescue funding to reduce violent crime, calling it a critical issue that must be addressed amid double-digit percentage increases in several Michigan cities. The framework, if enacted by ...
Bay College will require face masks be worn while indoors on campus, starting Monday, college officials announced Friday. Masks will be needed regardless of whether the person has been vaccinated, “as the campus community has a mixed population regarding vaccination status,” according to ...
CRANDON, Wis. (AP) — Several tribes in Wisconsin are urging people to get a coronavirus test if they attended an American Indian event last weekend in Forest County. The Potawatomi said at least two people who contracted COVID-19 attended the annual Meno Keno Ma Ge Wen Powwow in Carter on Aug. 6-8. Forest County Potawatomi Chairman Ned Daniels Jr. said the community is seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases, so all large gatherings and events on the reservation will be postponed until Aug. 30 and all tribal employees will be working remotely until then, Wisconsin Public Radio ...
Local health officials Thursday posted six new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County and two in Iron County in the past week. In addition to the new confirmed positives, the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department in its Facebook post Thursday morning listed 17 new probable cases ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the pace of vaccinations in the U.S. first began to slow, President Joe Biden backed incentives like million-dollar cash lotteries if that’s what it took to get shots in arms. But as new coronavirus infections soar, he’s testing a tougher approach. In just the past two weeks, Biden has forced millions of federal workers to attest to their vaccination status or face onerous new requirements. He’s met with business leaders at the White House to press them to do the same. Meanwhile, the administration has taken steps toward mandating shots for people ...
