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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…

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…

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…

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'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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

Copyright AFP 2017-2022. All rights reserved. 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,…

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!-->!-->…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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,"…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

“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…

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…

LANSING — Michigan and the United States set records for unemployment insurance claims last week as the global coronavirus pandemic caused a spike in business closures and wreaked havoc on the economy. In Michigan, 129,298 residents filed…

Feelings of uncertainty, deep division and sadness filled the shrine at Goodrich Chapel in Albion on Saturday, but one thing everyone could agree on was that those in the room were family. “It's time for us to stop…

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…

United Way across the country continues to focus on the population of people with limited assets, limited income, employees (ALICE) or some other measure for the working poor. United Way of Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Region President and…

The Ministry of Defense is today closing a three-day "hackathon" aimed at using artificial intelligence for aircraft maintenance. Held at the School of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, the event brought…

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…

151118_SchoolsofHope_01ERBAaden Carr, 7, plays a reading game with volunteer Diane Rothenthaler as part of the School of Hope Reading Program at Sibley Elementary School on Wednesday, November 18, 2015. Grand Rapids Public Schools…

When Rejoice Musa immigrated from Nigeria to the United States five years ago, her home country had yet to be invaded by terrorist extremists who use sexual violence against young women and horrific attacks on civilians like favorite…

Many residents of the city of Grand Rapids have collected mygrcitypoints to recycle and redeem at local businesses. But now, in phase two of this successful civic engagement program, all area residents (not just city…