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Coronavirus

State cites 10 businesses, for COVID-19 workplace safety violations

LANSING — To maintain a commitment to putting worker safety and health first, the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) inspected and issued COVID-19 “general duty” citations to 10 different businesses with serious violations for failing to protect workers and ...

Whitmer: Statewide mask requirement remains in effect

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Monday that a statewide mask requirement remains in effect despite the Michigan Supreme Court’s invalidation of a law that underpins her orders to control the coronavirus pandemic. She asked the court to declare its Friday ruling not binding ...

Aspirus further limiting visitors at all locations

Aspirus is re-instating tighter visitor restrictions at its locations across Upper Michigan and Wisconsin to minimize the spread of respiratory infections like COVID-19, influenza, and RSV. Aspirus’ temporary visitor restrictions, which will be fully implemented before the weekend, apply to ...

Whitmer to move UP back to Phase 4

LANSING — As the U.P. continues to see a steady climb in COVID-19 cases, the Upper Peninsula will move back to Phase 4 in the state’s reopening plan on Oct. 9, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday afternoon. Although the order does not take effect for another week, Whitmer called on ...

Michigan Supreme Court strikes down governor’s virus orders

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday struck down months of orders by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that were aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus, saying she drew authority from a 1945 law that is unconstitutional. The decision is an extraordinary development in a ...

Governor Whitmer Moves Upper Peninsula to Phase 4

LANSING — After a recent surge in COVID-19 cases in the Upper Peninsula, or MERC Region 8, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-192 moving the region back to phase 4 of the MI Safe Start Plan. The executive order will go into effect Friday, Oct. 9 at 12:01 a.m., although ...