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Vice President Joe Biden was declared the winner of Michigan’s Democratic Presidential Primary, according to the Detroit Free Press. He took every county in the state.

Update 03/13/2020: Two employees of Bay Mills Indian Community have been cleared of coronavirus (the person they were exposed to has tested negative).

A northern Michigan tribe is stopping Boys & Girls Club activities while it waits to find out if two employees contracted novel coronavirus. 

Bay Mills Indian Community is located in Chippewa County, about 15 miles southwest of Sault Ste. Marie.

The Michigan Primary is Tuesday, March 10, and voters across the state will choose their presidential candidate and vote on ballot proposals.

Michigan has a "closed" primary, meaning you can only vote for a democratic presidential candidate or a republican one, not both.

The democratic presidential candidates are: former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii.) The republican candidates are U.S. President Donald Trump, and businessman William Weld.

ST. IGNACE — Enbridge Energy and the state of Michigan are moving forward with plans for a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac.

Enbridge, a Canadian energy company, chose Great Lakes Tunnel Constructors to complete the project.

Great Lakes Tunnel Constructors was formed through a partnership with Michigan-based Jay Dee Contractors and the Japanese Obayashi Corporation.

Enbridge made the announcement ahead of a meeting with the Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority Friday in St. Ignace.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says she’s willing to investigate allegations of sex abuse leveled against a University of Michigan doctor.

But she set some conditions that would have to be met first.

Former UM students and athletes have stepped forward with claims of abuse by Dr. Robert Anderson, who died in 2008.

They also say UM failed to protect them from the abuse.

The attorney general says she’s willing to investigate to determine whether UM is culpable. But Nessel says she cannot do that unless UM agrees not to use the attorney-client privilege.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden in Michigan’s March 10 presidential primary.

A federal court has struck down Michigan’s requirement that adults enrolled in the Healthy Michigan plan must be working or in school, but Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Legislature’s Republican leaders are at odds on what to do next.

Voters will decide the next public art display in Traverse City.

Tonight, five local artists will pitch ideas for a public art display downtown near the Boardman River, and audience members will vote to decide the winner. The Traverse City Arts Commission is hosting the event.

In a January Gallup poll, voters ranked health care the top issue for the upcoming U.S. presidential election.

As Michigan votes in its presidential primaries next Tuesday, March 10, northern Michigan health care workers say local health care challenges are similar all over the country.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was in Traverse City Friday to support Democratic State House candidate Dan O'Neil. She spoke to donors at a fundraiser at the Park Place Hotel. 

Immigration Customs Enforcement will get help from a northern Michigan county jail to hold and transport immigrants.

Traverse City Attorney Dan O’Neil announced his bid for Michigan’s 104th State House District, which represents Grand Traverse County.