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Press Releases

Prioritization of cases

Due to the rising number of COVID cases in Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon Counties, you may receive a delay in receiving a response to your call. For general questions related to COVID, please call the MDHHS Hotline: 888-535-6136 or email COVID19@michigan.gov. Effective ...

Governor Whitmer makes appointments to board and commissions

LANSING — Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the following appointments to the Board of Boiler Rules, State Fire Safety Board, Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee, Michigan Truck Safety Commission, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, Health Information Technology Commission, ...

Booster doses for those who received Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine recommended for 65 and older, those with underlying health conditions and those at increased risk of COVID-19 due to occupation

LANSING – Following FDA approval, recommendations from the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and additional recommendations by the CDC director, the Michigan Department of Health and Humans Services (MDHHS) is urging certain Michiganders to get a booster shot if they ...

OktoberFest returns to Copper Harbor with PBS Taste of History

CALUMET — Michigan’s northernmost community, Copper Harbor, is swirling with unbridled excitement. After last year’s pandemic hiatus, Oktoberfest returns to this Lake Superior town Sept. 24 through 26. Hosted by Harbor Haus Restaurant at 77 Brockway, it is the Keweenaw Peninsula’s ...