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 ...
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, ...
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 April, though the state health department said “a number” should have been recorded in Wednesday’s total. There was far less testing back then, so cases were likely much higher. Still, the trendlines are not positive. The seven-day average of daily cases rose to about 1,338, from 965, over ...
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 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 Keweenaw’s coronavirus response. Working collaboratively, organizations like the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce, the Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance (KEDA), and the Keweenaw Convention & Visitors Bureau (KCVB) have assisted employers access funding, technical outreach on state and federal programs ...
LANSING — The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) confirmed the recent discovery of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans) in mink at a Michigan farm. While this finding is not the first case of the virus being identified in mink in the United States, it is the first instance of the virus being confirmed among Michigan’s farmed mink population. After several mink exhibited signs of illness and died on the farm, the owner submitted samples for diagnosis. The Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory completed necropsies on ...
