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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday announced 4,015 new coronavirus cases and 38 new deaths. State officials also went through death certificates and matched them with pre...

The Marquette County Health Department says that a Marquette funeral home, as well as the city's main Catholic Church, may be COVID-19 exposure sites. The department says that anyone who visited the C...

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for blood donors and a viable source of blood supply has remained paramount. While COVID-19 altered many facets of day-to-day life, hospitals like OSF St. Fr...

In December 2020, the first Pfizer COVID vaccines arrived in the Upper Peninsula. LMAS District Health Department along with Helen Newberry Joy Hospital, Mackinac Straits Health System, Munising Memor...

A very ambitious group of community leaders who love basketball and children have started planning the return of Gus Macker Basketball on the weekend of July 17-18. Gus Macker Basketball, the world's ...

U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) released the following statement calling for President Trump to be removed from office: "The President violated his oath of office and incited a violent attack on our C...

For the safety of our patients, employees, and medical staff, UP Health System - Bell is reimplementing certain visitor restrictions. Effective immediately, we will be allowing one well visitor per st...

Porcupine Mountains Ski Area, located in Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in Ontonagon County, has been temporarily closed until inspections on the triple ski lift have been performed by the ...

The governors of Illinois and Michigan today agreed to work jointly to protect the Great Lakes from invasive Asian carp species. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Gov. JB Pritzker today announced an intergove...

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) released this statement following the Joint Session of Congress that certified the Electoral College votes. "A day that began with a brazen and dangerous attack on ...