IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County Healthcare System earned its fourth consecutive “A” grade for patient safety in the spring Leapfrog Hospital Survey, an award that comes as the hospital continues to upgrade equipment, expand physician staff and modernize buildings. An emphasis on how ...

State data Monday showed 10 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the Upper Peninsula since the last update Friday, including one each in Dickinson and Iron counties. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website also listed four new cases in Marquette County, two ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin officials have a launched a new program to test school children for COVID-19 this fall, the state Department of Health Services announced. DHS Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk said participation will be voluntary. The DHS will work to connect schools ...

State data Friday showed three new confirmed virus positives in the Upper Peninsula, all in Chippewa County. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website also lowered Delta County’s confirmed case count by one; the county’s health department had reported the ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vetoed two bills Friday that would let businesses seek refunds for taxes paid on personal protective equipment, disinfectants and plexiglass barriers during the coronavirus pandemic. Whitmer said she instead favors creating a direct grant program ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, a vocal critic of COVID-19 vaccine mandates, announced plans Friday to hold a news conference bringing together people who claim to have had adverse reactions to the vaccine. His plans drew renewed criticism from doctors who have ...