ALPENA -- Public health officials on today reported nine newly infected Northeast Michiganders, including five Alpena County residents, two Presque Isle County residents, and two Montmorency County residents. That means that, as of Monday, 1,503 Northeast Michiganders were actively ...
ALPENA — Out of more than $51 million in government-backed loans given to hundreds of Northeast Michigan firms to help them survive the coronavirus, nearly 40% went to just eight businesses, a News analysis of recently released federal data shows. That would align with trends across the country that have drawn criticism that too many federal Paycheck Protection Program loans went to large businesses and not enough was done to help the small business Congress intended to help. However, The News has discovered issues with the data released recently by the federal Small Business ...
ALPENA -- Two more Northeast Michigan residents have died and six more have been infected with COVID-19, local public health officials said today. Meanwhile, Michigan residents who receive food assistance from the state can use their benefits at restaurants, officials said today. That could ...
ALPENA — This Christmas season, local churches have had to decide if Christmas Eve will be a silent night. Throughout 2020, local churches have tried to find the balance between protecting people’s physical safety and filling a spiritual need that, some feel, supersedes even the threat of ...
ALPENA -- Local first responders received the coronavirus vaccine at the Alpena Public Safety building today as local public health officials announced three more Northeast Michiganders had died after being infected. After months of responding to health emergencies during the pandemic and ...
LANSING (AP) — A frustrated Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday criticized the Trump administration because Michigan will receive fewer doses of the COVID-19 vaccine than expected in its next allocation, saying she cannot get a “straight answer.” The state is due 60,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in its second allotment, down from an anticipated 84,825. Several other states have reported similar cuts. “I still cannot get a straight answer out of the Trump administration about why Michigan, like many other states, is receiving a fraction of the vaccines that we were ...
