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Whitmer instructs departments to remove COVID-19 vaccine barriers

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With the U.S. Food and Drug Administration placing new restrictions on eligibility for the updated COVID-19 vaccine, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed an executive directive intended to ensure vaccines remain accessible ahead of cold and flu season. Under the FDA’s updated guidance, ...

Treasures found in a steamer trunk

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ESCANABA - A foghorn bellows somewhere on the placid Bay. Darkness and dampness hug the space around the steamer trunk. Travel worn and weary from many decades of development, growth and change, the sturdy trunk protected family treasures. A faded Christening gown, a hand-stitched quilt, ...

Fatal motorcycle crash in Keweenaw County

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GRANT TOWNSHIP – A Kentucky man is dead after a motorcycle crash in Keweenaw County. Deputies responded just before noon Monday to a single-vehicle motorcycle crash on U.S. 41 near the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge outside of Copper Harbor in Grant Township, according to a news release from the ...

State funding for two baseball stadiums challenged

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge will consider pausing millions of dollars in taxpayer money that lawmakers approved for two baseball stadiums that an advocacy group believes violate the Michigan Constitution. Judge Brock Swartzle, during a Tuesday hearing in the state Court of ...

Pumpkin Fest coming up in Champion

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CHAMPION — Snowville Farms will have its annual Pumpkin Fest event from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11. This free event will offer kids games, hot cocoa and cider provided by the Westwood High School BPA, and will have pumpkins for sale — “From large to small, we have ’em all,” ...

Bonifas center, Players de Noc to host fire damage fundraiser Friday

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ESCANABA – The William Bonifas Fine Arts Center in Escanaba and Players de Noc Escanaba are partnering to host a Raise the Roof fundraiser for their fire recovery efforts from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday at the center. The event will feature live entertainment by Sit Down Francis and Players de ...