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Coronavirus

2 more Northeast Michiganders die after infection

ALPENA -- Two more Northeast Michigan residents -- an Alpena County resident and a Montmorency County resident -- died after being infected with COVID-19, and more than 1,000 Alpena County residents have now been confirmed infected with the illness, according to public health officials. Public ...

‘COVID thing’ stalls county recycling

ALPENA — The cardboard pile reaches to the ceiling at the Alpena Resource Recovery Facility after a year of more recycling coming in than going out. A year-end report summarizing 2020 activity shows the facility sent out 1.7 million pounds of recycling between October 2019 and September ...

Defiant UP cafe owner told to shut down

CALUMET (AP) — A judge has ordered the shutdown of a cafe in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula where customers have been supporting an owner who has defiantly served indoor diners despite coronavirus restrictions. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration got a restraining order against Cafe ...

771 vaccine doses given in Northeast Michigan

ALPENA -- As of Tuesday, 771 doses of coronavirus vaccine had been given in Northeast Michigan counties, according to the most current state data available Friday. That includes 508 doses given in Alpena County, 133 in Presque Isle County, 45 in Montmorency County, and 85 doses in Alcona ...

Whitmer vetoes bill that would limit virus-related orders

DETROIT (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vetoed a bill Wednesday that would kill emergency public health orders after 28 days unless the Legislature approved, another shot in the power struggle between Michigan’s Democratic chief executive and the state’s Republican lawmakers over how to ...

China clamps down in hidden hunt for coronavirus origins

MOJIANG, China (AP) — Deep in the lush valleys of southern China lies the entrance to a mine shaft that once harbored bats with the closest known relative to COVID-19. The area is of intense interest because it may hold clues to the origins of the coronavirus that has killed more than 1.7 ...