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UW System to offer vaccinated students $7K scholarships

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin System plans to offer nearly $500,000 in scholarships this fall to students who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus. System President Tommy Thompson said all vaccinated students at regional four- and two-year campuses that get at least 70% of their students vaccinated by Oct. 15 will be eligible for a drawing for a $7,000 scholarship. Seventy students will win, with more winners coming from campuses with larger enrollments. UW-Madison students won’t be eligible, Thompson said, because Chancellor Rebecca Blank is working ...

State shows six new virus positives in Dickinson

State data Friday showed six new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County and two in Iron County in the past three days. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website Friday had 28 new confirmed positives in the Upper Peninsula for the three-day period ...

Michigan infections double in 2 weeks

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan on Friday reported an average of 431 new daily COVID-19 infections over three days, up 47% from the same period a week earlier. Cases have gone up in all but one state over the past two weeks, which health officials nationally have attributed to the fast-spreading delta variant of the coronavirus. Michigan’s seven-day average, 332, is double what it was two weeks ago. The test positivity rate, which also has been rising, was 4.7% on Thursday. The state’s two-week case rate, however, is lower than in all but four states. Just 256 adults were ...

Most unvaccinated in US do not want the shot

Most Americans who haven't been vaccinated against COVID-19 say they are unlikely to get the shots and doubt they would work against the aggressive delta variant despite evidence they do, according to a new poll that underscores the challenges facing public health officials amid soaring infections in some states. Among American adults who have not yet received a vaccine, 35% say they probably will not, and 45% say they definitely will not, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Just 3% say they definitely will get the shots, though ...

Eight more virus cases in Dickinson, four in Iron

Local health officials Thursday reported eight new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County and four in Iron County in the past week. Also Thursday, Florence County added a third potential coronavirus exposure site, at a grocery store in Florence, Wis. The Florence County Health ...

Election officials in Michigan county use virus relief money for bonuses

CORUNNA, Mich. (AP) — Elected officials in a Michigan county gave themselves $65,000 in bonuses with federal relief money related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The money, described as “hazard pay,” included $25,000 for Jeremy Root, chairman of the Shiawassee County Board of Commissioners. The mostly rural county, between Lansing and Flint, has a population of 68,000. Commissioners — all Republicans — last week voted to award more than $500,000 to dozens of county employees. It ranged from $25,000 for administrators to $2,000 for cleaning staff. All recipients got at least ...