Covid-19 Pandemic

Health Officer Lisa Peacock resigned as the health officer for six counties in northern Michigan, citing a hostile workplace environment created by her board of health.

The Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department and Health Department of Northwest Michigan are both lifting mask mandates for K-12 schools.

The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled state universities don’t owe students refunds for classes taught remotely during the COVID-19 crisis.

The number of new daily cases had been declining since the start of the month, but the latest numbers are about the same as last week.

The Michigan Court of Appeals has refused to order an Ann Arbor hospital to comply with a family’s demand to use a de-worming drug on an elderly man suffering from COVID-related health conditions.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that her administration is NOT considering new statewide COVID restrictions.

A shortage of substitute teachers has forced schools to close or temporarily go remote in northern Michigan and across the state.

Northern Michigan’s largest hospital network said a surge of COVID cases in the region has pushed the system past its capacity.

The region’s percent positivity rate, at 15%, surpasses last December’s surge and is significantly higher than what is being reported across the state.