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Coronavirus

Calumet Theatre reschedules Country star Joe Nichols performance

CALUMET — Country superstar Joe Nichols performance at the historic Calumet Theatre has been rescheduled from Saturday, Nov. 14 to Thursday, May 27, 2021. The date change is necessitated by State of Michigan Safe Start Phase 4 restrictions, which currently allows only 20% audience capacity ...

Main Street Calumet to Host Downtown SCARE-venger Hunt

CALUMET — Main Street Calumet (MSC) is not allowing COVID-19 pandemic to cancel holiday festivities in the village, including a Halloween celebration. MSC Executive Director Leah Polzien announced in a Thursday release that MSC is hosting a Halloween SCARE-venger hunt on Friday, Oct. 30, from ...

Michigan reports record number of new cases

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan on Thursday reported more than 2,000 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus — the highest yet during the pandemic — as COVID-19 continued spreading more rapidly across the state. The record case count, 2,030, topped the previous record of 1,953 from early ...

Michigan Legislature OKs unemployment, legal liability bills

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan’s Republican-led Legislature on Wednesday voted to keep intact longer-lasting unemployment benefits and other coronavirus-related orders issued by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, while also striking a deal on liability protections for businesses. The move ...

Local economic development organization’s COVID-19 response

Local economic development organizations demonstrate leadership during coronavirus pandemic As state and national governments struggle to combat COVID-19’s adverse health and economic consequences, local economic development organizations have played a critical leadership role in the ...