ALPENA — Far more people unvaccinated against COVID-19 call an ambulance than those vaccinated, local first responders say. Officials worry the number of medical calls from people suffering from severe COVID-19 symptoms could increase through the holiday season if more people don’t get ...
ALPENA — Employees at MidMichigan Medical Center-Alpena may have to get vaccinated against the coronavirus within the next couple months or the hospital could lose all Medicare and Medicaid payments, Chuck Sherwin, hospital president, said Thursday. Sherwin said that U.S. Centers for ...
ALPENA — A recent spike in COVID-19 infections among Alpena Public Schools students and staff has APS officials encouraging extra precautions. As of noon Tuesday, health officials reported 75 new infections among students and seven new infections among staff members since Oct. 1, according ...
ALPENA — Alpena schools can continue requiring students to mask, at least for now, a judge ruled on Friday. A parent group called Freedom to Breathe asked Judge Ed Black to make Alpena Public Schools stop requiring students to wear facemasks while a lawsuit challenging the school ...
ALPENA — A COVID-19 outbreak at the Alpena County Jail has led to isolation of inmates and the quarantining of several staff members, jail officials announced on Tuesday. The first of seven inmates currently sickened by the coronavirus tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend, Alpena ...
ALPENA — The closure of the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center in Alpena due to the COVID-19 pandemic has caused more than 100,000 people to be turned away from the museum and educational center, officials say. Federal museums in Washington D.C. are open to the public, albeit with ...