Coronavirus

COVID-19 tracker: positive cases and potential exposure sites in NoMI

By • 1 hour ago
Taylor Wizner / Interlochen Public Radio

 

State or local health department confirmed COVID-19 cases in northern Michigan:

Last updated August 11, 2020 at 5:20 p.m.

TCAPS plans to return to in-person learning this fall, but first two weeks start online

By • Aug 10, 2020
Morgan Springer

Traverse City Area Public Schools will offer in-person instruction for students this fall, but the first two weeks of school will happen online.

Grand Traverse County voters could swing the Michigan House, plus other key primary races Up North

By • Jul 31, 2020
Max Johnston / Interlochen Public Radio

Michigan’s primary is Tuesday, August 4. Voters across the state will head to the polls or mail in their ballots on state and national office and local proposals.


Northern Michigan artists decorate masks for patients and healthcare workers

By Aaron Selbig • Jul 24, 2020
Aaron Selbig

Local artists are making tough times a little brighter for patients and health care workers at Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital in Frankfort. A collection of 23 hand-decorated masks was delivered to the hospital Monday. The masks are part of a contest called “Make a Mask, Make a Difference,” held by the Oliver Art Center. 

Munson Healthcare treating fewer COVID-19 patients, some with less severe symptoms

By • Jul 22, 2020
Courtesy MUNSON HEALTHCARE

 

While COVID-19 cases continue to rise steadily in northern Michigan, Munson Healthcare is treating fewer patients and reports it has enough resources to treat those who need hospital care.

Interlochen Arts Academy partners with the Broad Institute for COVID-19 testing

By • Jul 21, 2020
Interlochen Center for the Arts

Interlochen Arts Academy will test all of its students and staff for COVID-19 this August with help from a Boston lab.

Leland teens join health department to stop spread of COVID-19

By • Jul 19, 2020
The Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department

 

Helene Mitchell, a 17-year-old resident of Leland, kept her friend group small this summer to avoid the coronavirus.

Still her friend tested positive and she was exposed.

Retail workers deal with increased harassment over enforcing mask order

By • Jul 16, 2020
Shari Bernstein

This week a shopper in Meijer in Acme threatened an employee with a knife, upset he was told to wear a mask.

In Lansing, a man was stabbed and in May, a security guard at a Flint dollar store was shot to death.

Man arrested for allegedly pulling knife over face mask dispute at Traverse City area Meijer

By • Jul 14, 2020
Peter Payette / Interlochen Public Radio

 

Authorities say they have arrested a man who pulled a knife on a Meijer employee in northern Michigan after she asked him to wear a mask.

The alleged incident occurred on Sunday afternoon, when a Kalkaska County man went shopping for groceries at the Meijer in Acme Township.

Grand Traverse County Detective Captain Randy Fewless says one employee would not let the man go in the store.

Governor Whitmer toughens mask rules

By & • Jul 10, 2020
Executive Office of the Governor

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has toughened the rules that require masks in public to slow the spread of COVID-19. Her latest Executive Order says businesses must deny service to people who refuse to wear masks indoors. It also says customers must remain at least six feet from others outdoors.  

Returning to community-oriented model, Frankfort’s Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital adds inpatient care

By • Jul 8, 2020
Courtesy of Munson Healthcare

 

Reversing the trend of many rural hospitals across the country, Munson Healthcare’s Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital is offering inpatient services to Benzie area residents again.

Stateside: MI’s medical chief on reopening risks; farming morels: systemic racism in health care

By • Jul 6, 2020

Michigan’s COVID-19 caseload has been on a rollercoaster for the past few weeks. We spoke with Michigan's medical director Joneigh Khaldun for an update. Plus, researchers at Michigan State University are working on cultivating the ever elusive morel mushrooms. And, we kick off our summer series about how systemic racism shapes the world around us with a conversation about healthcare.

Rural superintendents pleased with Whitmer's school plan, but still have unanswered questions

By • Jul 3, 2020
Executive Office of the Governor

A few weeks ago, IPR reported on the problems facing rural schools in northern Michigan before next fall. Now, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has provided a roadmap for them to reopen.

But there is still a lot of uncertainty on what next school year will look like.

New COVID-19 cases discovered in the region, local health officials warn of more possible spread

By • Jun 30, 2020
Interlochen Public Radio

 

The coronavirus is starting to creep back into northern Michigan. 

Munson Healthcare to layoff staff, restructure services in response to COVID-19

By • Jun 29, 2020
Taylor Wizner

 

Munson Healthcare says it will cut 25 administrative jobs, alter services and cut capital projects, as it deals with financial losses incurred during the pandemic.

Stateside: Lack of masks; COVID separates families in U.S. and Canada; indigenous journalists

By • Jun 26, 2020

Today on Stateside, a new initiative called the Mishigamiing Journalism Project has created six month long fellowships for Indigenous journalists at the Traverse City Record Eagle. Plus, a conversation with two Michiganders about dealing with family separation along the Canadian border. And should masks be mandatory throughout the state?

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