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Thursday, Jan. 28, coronavirus data by Michigan county: Michigan ranks 47th in daily number of new…
The number of coronavirus cases in Michigan remains well above levels of four months ago. But compared to most of the country, Michigan is in much better shape: Right now, the state ranks 47th in its seven-day per capita average of new…
Wednesday, Jan. 27, coronavirus data by Michigan county: Michigan’s six largest counties below…
Michigan's six most populous counties - and eight of the 10 largest - are now below a 7% seven-day average positivity rate on diagnostic tests for coronaviruses.Those below 7% include Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Kent, Genesee, Washtenaw,…
Monday, Jan. 25, Michigan County coronavirus data: One month after Christmas, numbers continue to…
Exactly one month after Christmas Day, Michigan's coronavirus count continues to drop.Michigan now has a seven-day average positivity rate of 5.9% on coronavirus diagnostic tests, up from 8.9% a month ago.The seven-day average of new cases…
Michigan County Commissioner withdraws his gun in virtual meeting when resident asks board to…
Keli MacIntosh, a 72-year-old retired nurse and a regular board member, spoke at Wednesday's rally about the importance of speaking out against Proud Boys activities on behalf of a woman who has defended herself. expressed before her on…
Michigan county official throws gun at woman demanding Proud Boys condemnation at meeting
An official with Michigan's Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners flashed a gun during a live town hall meeting on Wednesday after a local resident called on the group to condemn the Proud Boys, according to multiple reports.…
Michigan county official asked to speak out against Proud Boys throws gun
Placeholder while loading article actionsKeli MacIntosh was planning to speak before the Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners this week with a direct request: Would the board openly denounce the Proud Boys after the Jan. 6 riot at…
Monday, January 18, Michigan county coronavirus data: 69 counties are now below 10% positivity rate
Sixty-nine counties now have a seven-day average positivity rate below 10% on coronavirus diagnostic tests.The good news: this is the highest number since November 2.The bad news: counties should ideally be at 5% positivity or lower, and…
Michigan County electoral fraud report “baseless”
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A report part of a lawsuit against Antrim County, Mich. Says the county's quickly corrected election night vote count problem was not due to human error, as said state, but rather…
Report airs disproved claims about Dominion machines in Michigan County
CLAIM: A report released this week in Michigan shows Dominion Voting Systems machines in County Antrim, Michigan were "intentionally designed with inherent errors to create systemic fraud and influence election results."AP ASSESSMENT:…
Report airs disproven claims about Dominion machines in Michigan County
CLAIM: A report released this week in Michigan shows Dominion Voting Systems machines in County Antrim, Michigan were "intentionally designed with inherent errors to create systemic fraud and influence election results."AP ASSESSMENT:…
Michigan County Council approves resolution in favor of Whitmer’s impeachment
A northern Michigan county on Friday approved a resolution supporting the governor's impeachment. Gretchen WhitmerGretchen WhitmerWhitmer tops possible GOP challengers in Michigan gubernatorial race: Poll Whitmer isolating herself after…
Michigan County Council approves resolution for Whitmer’s impeachment
A northern Michigan county on Friday approved a resolution to support the impeachment of Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D).
MLive.com reported that the Kalkaska County Board of Commissioners voted 4 to 2 on a resolution supporting calls for…
November election was safe, Michigan county clerks tell state lawmakers
Amid ongoing legal challenges to Michigan's election results and a dramatic certification process in Michigan's largest county, three county clerks have spent more than three hours working to assure state lawmakers that , in their view, the…
An inaccurate early vote count in a Michigan county was human error, not a software failure
Musician Ted Nugent has been a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump and recently implored followers of his Facebook page to help 'stop the theft', alluding to baseless claims that Democrats stole Trump's election. Joe Biden.
In the…
Michigan County fails to certify vote, result stalled
Republicans in Michigan's largest county blocked certification of local election results in a 2-2 vote along party lines, which could temporarily block official approval of Joe Biden's victory in the state .
The practical effect of the…
Michigan County backtracks, votes unanimously to certify election results
Michigan's largest county board of canvassers reversed course Tuesday night, voting unanimously to certify the election results after initially deadlocked in a party vote.The Michigan Secretary of State's Office confirmed that the Wayne…
Friday, Nov. 13, Coronavirus Data by Michigan County: All 8 MI Start Regions Now at Highest Risk…
Michigan's eight MI Start regions are now the highest level used by the state to assess coronavirus risk.Earlier this week, the Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo regions as well as the Upper Peninsula were only Tier E regions, while the Detroit,…
Interactive map shows COVID risk by event size in every Michigan county
One of the biggest challenges in containing COVID-19 is trying to limit gatherings - and a new interactive tool shows just how risky that could be.Georgia Tech researchers have released a “COVID-19 Risk Assessment Planning Tool,” a…
Thursday, November 12, coronavirus data by Michigan county: Saginaw, Bay at 15% positivity rates
Saginaw and Bay counties are now among Michigan's 17 counties with an average positivity rate of 15% or more on coronavirus tests over the past seven days.Other great counties already on this list include Macomb, Muskegon, Berrien and Van…
Monday, November 9, coronavirus data by Michigan county: First week of November cases up 22% from…
In the first seven days of November, Michigan reported 29,614 coronavirus cases, 22% more than the 24,294 cases reported for the whole month of September.Meanwhile, 238 coronavirus deaths were reported last week, more than triple the daily…
Michigan county vote count problem was not a fraud
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Articles shared thousands of times on social media say a glitch in Michigan's presidential vote count, which temporarily misattributed Donald Trump's votes to President-elect Joe Biden,…
Friday, November 6, coronavirus data by Michigan county: 30 counties now exceed 10% positivity rate
Thirty of Michigan's 83 counties now have a coronavirus test positivity rate above 10%, a benchmark the federal Centers for Disease Control says is concerning.This rate is based on a seven-day average of coronavirus testing.A week ago…
Michigan County Election Analysis by County
Rising turnout in Detroit and its affluent suburbs along with dwindling support for President Trump among middle-class voters helped propel Joseph R. Biden Jr. to victory in battleground Michigan historically!-->!-->…
See 2020 Election Turnout by Michigan County Compared to 2016
A total of 5,568,097 Michigan ballots were cast in Tuesday's election, breaking the state's previous record of 5,039,080 set in November 2008.This week's total is also 14% higher than the 4,874,619 ballots cast in November 2016.A total of…
Michigan County residents receive water filters after water advisory
Ferndale, Michigan water customers with lead service lines to their homes will receive free water filter kits.
Ferndale, Michigan, water customers with lead service lines to their homes will receive free water filter kits after a city water…
Tuesday, Nov. 3, coronavirus data by Michigan county: Cases up 63% statewide in past week
Michigan reported 22,979 new coronavirus cases in the past seven days, a new record and a 63% increase from the 14,101 reported the previous week.Case increases are occurring statewide:Seventeen Michigan counties now have a seven-day…
Monday, Nov. 2, Coronavirus Data by Michigan County: Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo Areas Move to Highest…
Seven of Michigan's eight MI Start regions have increased the scale the state uses to assess coronavirus risk.Last week, the Upper Peninsula was the only region currently at Level E, the highest level and one that indicates dangerous levels…
Michigan County coronavirus data Friday, Oct. 23: Kalamazoo turns red, Wayne shows improvement
As the coronavirus continues to spread in Michigan, the state has seen 69 of its 83 counties report an increase in cases over the past seven days compared to the previous week.Thirteen counties, including nine in the Upper Peninsula, are…
Thursday, Oct. 22, coronavirus data by Michigan county: Kalamazoo, Berrien, near-red St. Joseph
Seventy-three of Michigan's 83 counties are reporting accelerated coronavirus rates, including a dozen counties at the highest risk level for the spread of COVID-19, based on a metric developed by the Harvard Global Health Initiative.Kent,…
Tuesday, October 20, coronavirus data by Michigan county: 5 more counties move to highest risk level
Michigan saw five more counties climb to the highest risk factor for the spread of the coronavirus, bringing the state's total to 15 counties with an average of more than 25 new cases per day per 100,000 people.The most recent counties to…
Monday, October 12, coronavirus data by Michigan county: 7 red counties and 25 orange
The list of Michigan counties with accelerated rates of coronavirus transmission keeps growing.As of Monday morning, there were 32 counties coded red or orange, based on a metric developed by the Harvard Global Health Initiative to assess…
Friday, Oct. 9, coronavirus data by Michigan county: 6 counties down one risk level, 1 up
Five counties in Michigan's Lower Peninsula moved from the second coronavirus risk factor to third on Thursday, Oct. 8, while one in the Upper Peninsula moved up one level.The four-tier risk assessment is based on a metric developed by the…
Thursday, Oct. 8, coronavirus data by Michigan county: Cases rise in 55 UP-led counties
Fifty-five of Michigan's 83 counties saw an increase in coronavirus cases over the past week, while 20 counties reported declines and eight remained neutral.Mackinac, Menominee, Dickinson and Keweenaw counties on the Upper Peninsula are…
Tuesday, October 6, coronavirus data by Michigan county: 3 counties turn orange, 7 remain red
Seven Michigan counties — most of which are in the Upper Peninsula — have seen more than 25 new coronavirus cases per capita per day over the past week.These counties are most at risk of exposure to COVID-19, based on a metric developed by…
A Michigan county tells the story of a nation plagued by water pollution
Agriculture: Industry or family business?Matt Cary is a third generation farmer at Cary Pioneer Farms, which started out as a small farm. Over the generations, the family acquired more land, turning the farm into a full-scale operation,…
Michigan county tells residents to ignore coronavirus restrictions and ‘get back to normal…
ALCONA COUNTY, MI — The language of a rural Michigan county council resolution defying statewide coronavirus restrictions alluded to the civil disobedience demonstrated at the Boston Tea Party."We do not advocate reversal or abolition,"…
Republican-led Michigan County invokes Boston Tea Party, tells residents to ignore COVID…
In Alcona County, Michigan, the Board of Commissioners is pushing back on restrictions mandated by state officials to slow the spread of the coronavirus.The board, which consists of four Republican commissioners and a fifth who cites the…
Friday, August 28, Michigan County coronavirus data: Isabella stays red, Grand Traverse turns orange
Isabella County reported another 28 positive coronavirus cases on Thursday, August 28, as the central Michigan county advanced toward the highest level of risk for the spread of the novel COVID-19 virus.Home to Central Michigan University,…
Updates: Fighting Racial Injustice: NPR
A Michigan county official is defending his use of the N-word - repeatedly uttering the insult and insisting it doesn't imply he's racist. Leelanau County Highways Commissioner Tom Eckerle has been facing calls to resign since…
Michigan County seized retiree’s home for $8 in unpaid taxes
A Michigan county treasurer is under fire, six years after the county foreclosed on a retiree's home because the man failed to pay $8.41 in property taxes - an action the court the state's supreme court recently ruled…
Coming home to a Michigan county where life has changed
“A lot of what we feared ended up happening. I saw our manufacturers disappear,” said Barcia, who voted against both in the House. "When Trump talked about trade, it really hit home with working families."With fewer jobs with benefits in…
COVID-19 Delivers North Michigan County
Otsego County Emergency Medical Services chief Jon Deming tried to prepare his northern Michigan staff for something nasty, a school shooting with mass casualties or a school bus crash.But COVID-19 is different, he said."Never in my life…
Michigan County threatens to bulldoze Amish homes in poo dispute
In 2015, the Sierra Club Michigan Chapter released a report that found that large factory farms in Lenawee County as well as those in an Ohio county were the top producers of manure in the watershed that drains into the western basin of…
How healthy is your county in Michigan? Use this map to find out.
In affluent places like Ann Arbor and Leelanau County, residents live longer and healthier lives than their counterparts in cities and rural communities. But not all rural areas are in poor health: life expectancy in much of the Upper…