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New measles outbreak reported in Michigan

Michigan officials confirmed a new measles outbreak Thursday near Grand Rapids, bringing the U.S. to eight states with active outbreaks of the vaccine-preventable disease. Earlier this week, Pennsylvania declared an outbreak in Erie County as well. Last week, U.S. measles cases topped 700, ...

Former Michigan health officer running for Senate

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A former Michigan public health official and Democratic candidate for governor entered the race Thursday for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat. Abdul El-Sayed, 40, is the second Democrat to put his name in the running in what could be one of the most watched races in ...

Shiras Planetarium event set

MARQUETTE — The Marquette Regional History Center will present “A Community Under the Stars: 60 Years of Shiras Planetarium” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday. They will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Shiras Planetarium with a special panel discussion featuring past and ...

Michigan Botanical Society comes to Gladstone in July

By ILSA MINOR News Editor Daily Press, Escanaba GLADSTONE — As spring comes to the Upper Peninsula it’s hard not to notice the flashes of green and colorful flowers, but for one group, making its way to Gladstone this summer, the excitement has been budding for some time. The ...

Tunnel permits to be fast-tracked under a Trump emergency order

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided to fast-track permits for building a protective tunnel around an aging Enbridge oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes, stoking environmentalists’ fears that the project will escape scrutiny, damage the sensitive ...