District Health No. 4 announced on Friday will hold COVID-19 testing events at the Alpena Community College from 1p.m.-7pm every Wednesday in September. There will also be free testing events at Thunder Bay Junior High School on Sept. 11 and Sept. 25 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. More testing is ...
ALPENA ― Citing a 342% increase in COVID-19 cases between July and August in its coverage area and a dangerous strain on hospital capacity, District Health Department No. 4 has issued a health advisory encouraging residents to take extra precautions to avoid the transmission of the virus. In ...
ALPENA — Roughly two-thirds of local doctors, nurses, paramedics, nursing home workers, teachers, and other employees who care for some of Northeast Michigan’s vulnerable people, have chosen vaccination against COVID-19, data shows. Most Alpena paramedics and about two-thirds of hospital ...
ROGERS CITY — Two dispatchers and a corrections officer at the Presque Isle County Sheriff’s Office tested positive for COVID-19, the office confirmed today. No jail inmates or road patrol officers have tested positive. Inmates test for COVID-19 when they come into the jail, if they show ...
ALPENA — As of Thursday, 57% of Alpena County residents 16 or older had been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to state data. Public health experts have said we could consider the coronavirus pandemic over once 70% of the population has been vaccinated. The state says ...
ALPENA — Northeast Michigan schools have received $76.2 million in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds. School districts have three years to spend three rounds of coronavirus rescue funds from the federal government, which can be used to purchase pandemic-related needs, ...