Michigan is easing some of its shutdown orders as the state sees COVID-19 transmission going down. Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Robert Gordon on Friday announced starting on Monday, high schools can resume in-person
From the Associated Press — Police investigating the death of a Grand Valley State University student whose body was found last week on campus are asking for the community’s patience as they await toxicology results. Campus police
Legislation from state Senator Kim LaSata designed to fix an unintended consequence of Michigan’s tasting room legislation from last year is on its way to be signed by the governor. LaSata says the now finalized legislation would
Celebration Cinema is pleased to be allowed to reopen. The theater chain says it’s welcoming movie fans back at most of its locations on Monday, just in time for Christmas Day movies, which this year happen to
A Bangor man has been sentenced to a year and one day in prison for threatening a Georgia congressman. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in west Michigan says 60-year-old Martin Dale Osborn in June of this year left
Governor Gretchen Whitmer is reiterating her call for the federal government to provide aid to states that are financially strapped due to the pandemic. Speaking Friday, she said the state government being broke will trickle down to
Governor Gretchen Whitmer is alleging delays with getting COVID vaccine shipments into Michigan. Speaking Friday, she asked why the Trump administration is dropping the ball. “I still cannot get a straight answer out of the Trump administration
Michigan is reporting 4,180 additional cases of COVID-19 for Friday. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website says the state has had more than 454,000 cases of COVID since the pandemic started. It reported
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is easing COVID-19 restrictions. The department has released the following: The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) updated its epidemic order today to allow indoor activities where
From the Associated Press — Michigan regulators have approved a $100 million electric rate hike for Consumers Energy, authorizing the state’s second-largest utility to bill the average residential customer about $9 more per month starting in January.
From the Associated Press — Michigan lawmakers have voted to freeze water shutoffs through March, reinstating a pandemic-related moratorium that was upended by a court ruling. The bill, which received final approval 96-9 in the House on
It’s been a growing problem this holiday season – people waiting for mail and packages that seemingly will never arrive. United States Postal Service spokesperson Elizabeth Najduch told Michigan News Network there have been issues. “This has
If you haven’t wrapped up all of your gift buying yet, how about the gift of travel? That’s the suggestion from the vice president of Travel Michigan, Dave Lorenz, who told Michigan News Network this week there
President-elect Joe Biden has named former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm as his pick for U.S. Energy Secretary. The office Governor Gretchen Whitmer has released the following: Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer released the following statement after President-Elect Joe
Michigan Chief Medical Executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun has received a COVID-19 vaccine. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has released the following: Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, chief medical executive and chief deputy for health at the
From the Associated Press — A federal grand jury has indicted six men on charges of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. The men were arrested in October in what authorities describe as a plot by
There have been nearly 500,000 downloads of the state’s COVID-19 alert app since it was launched statewide about a month ago. Michigan Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson Bob Wheaton told us when the app was
A $377,000 grant coming to Berrien County to recoup COVID-19 costs is proving to be a bit tricky for county leaders. During a Thursday meeting of the Berrien County Board of Commissioners, Community Development Director Dan Fette
As the deadline approaches for Congress to approve a COVID-19 relief package, Congressman Fred Upton is pushing for the roughly $900 billion compromise plan that’s emerged in recent days. Upton said in a Facebook Live update on
Michigan is reporting 4,024 additional cases of COVID-19 for Thursday. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website says the state has had more than 450,000 cases of COVID since the pandemic started. It reported
Southwest Michigan is handling the COVID-19 pandemic better than other areas of the state. However, Kinexus says it will as businesses are forced to close due to the virus. Vice President of Public Relations & Government Affairs
From the Associated Press — People with drunken driving convictions would be added to an expungement program under a bill that was approved Wednesday in the Michigan House. The legislation will go to the Senate. First-time drunken
The COVID-19 cases in Michigan and Berrien County are headed down. Berrien County Health Department Health Officer Nicki Britten says there are roughly 100 new cases a day in the county, down from 165 a few weeks
The shots are being administered to staff at Spectrum Health Lakeland to provide the COVID-19 vaccine. CEO and president Dr. Loren Hamel says they started giving them Wednesday night. “Our first vaccine went to a pulmonologist who
The Healthy Michigan Plan has passed 850,000 enrolees. The office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer has released the following: The Healthy Michigan Plan is now providing health care coverage to more than 850,000 low-income residents for the first
Spectrum Health Lakeland has begun vaccinating some staff against COVID-19. Spectrum Health Lakeland has released the following: Spectrum Health Lakeland received its first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine and began administering it on Wednesday, December 16. Vaccination
From the Associated Press — Lawmakers have given final approval to bills that would clear the way for college athletes to be paid for the use of their names, images or likeness rights – putting Michigan on
Children in Michigan have been suffering throughout the COVID-19 pandemic as their families struggle to make ends meet. Michigan Kids Count project director at the Michigan League for Public Policy Kelsey Perdue tells WSJM News the latest
Congressman Fred Upton is praising drug maker Pfizer and all of its staff who have made a COVID-19 vaccine possible. He tells WSJM News their efforts have been Herculean. “Collectively, we actually have a vaccine that’s being
The first shipment of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is expected to arrive in Berrien County very soon. Berrien County Health Department spokesperson Gillian Conrad spoke with WSJM News about the plans. “It is going straight to Lakeland’s hospital
