TAWAS CITY – District Health Department No. 2 (DHD2) is working on plans for mass inoculation of the COVID-19 vaccine for the general public, according to the department’s board Chairman Jay O’Farrell.
TAWAS CITY – The Iosco County Board of Commissioners conducted their annual organizational meeting on Jan. 6, implementing some changes to the board for the year.
HARRISVILLE – On Jan. 6, Richard Raymond Coutts Jr., 42 was arraigned in 81st District Court in Alcona and was denied bond.
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LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel – in conjunction with the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Andrew Birge, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Matthew Schneider, the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Michigan State Police – announced …
EAST LANSING – After 33 years serving the Michigan High School Athletic Association in a variety of roles including as its first communications director and most recently director of broadcast properties, John Johnson has retired. His final day was Dec. 18.
EAST LANSING – Limited numbers of spectators will be allowed for the final rounds of the Michigan High School Athletic Association Football and Girls Volleyball Tournaments, per approval recei…
OSCODA – High school athletics have looked vastly different, when they’ve been allowed to play, since the fall 2020 season began. The winter season has been delayed until the middle of January…
OSCODA – During the summer months Bill Arnold calls Oscoda home. Arnold, who spends the rest of his time in Ohio will have a permanent home this spring, when he is officially inducted into the…
EAST LANSING – The concluding rounds of Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) postseason tournaments in football, girls volleyball and girls swimming and diving will be completed d…
HARRISVILLE – On Jan. 6, Richard Raymond Coutts Jr., 42 was arraigned in 81st District Court in Alcona and was denied bond.
LANSING – A man who reportedly threatened to kill a state representative has now been charged with multiple felonies after he allegedly made a threatening phone call on Thursday, Jan. 7, claim…
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“The pandemic has worsened stress, as boundaries between home and work have been blurred,” says Dr. Alex Dimitriu, founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine in Menlo Park, California. “Kids, pets, home life and other distractions now interfere with people’s attempts to work. The lack of social contacts or vacations to punctuate our lives have also added stress during COVID. Working remotely, through video visits and little in-person interaction has also significantly limited the multimodal ways we used to work — when we worked in person. For many, COVID had become Groundhog Day, with each day melting into the next, and this is hard.”
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Winter is the customary cold and flu season, and a time during which many people aren’t as vigilant about maintaining their health as they might be at other times of the year. This winter has the additional variable of the coronavirus pandemic, which surged into 2021 with a second wave of spread and infection.
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Governors say the Trump administration is deceiving states about the amount of COVID-19 vaccine they can expect to receive as they ramp up vaccination efforts. The government attributed the anger to confusion and misguided expectations. (Jan. 14)
WEST BRANCH – District Health Department No. 2 (DHD2) has scheduled three mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Ogemaw, Oscoda and Iosco counties.
OSCODA – The popular Loaves and Fishes Cafe twice-weekly free luncheons will be returning, according to organizers, albeit as a drive-thru due to COVID-19.
LANSING – Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is distributing 3.5 million free masks as part of the state’s Mask Up, Mask Right campaign.
Editor’s note: This editorial was written by Brian Calley, President, Small Business Association of Michigan; Bob Doyle, President and CEO, Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants and Richard Lamb, President, Michigan Press Association
Iosco County voters should approve the operating tax levy increase for Iosco County, which would increase the millage rate of the county from 3.9129 mills to 4.500 mills.
The Oscoda Township Board of Trustee’s recent vote at a September meeting to hobble the duties of the township’s treasurer and clerk, and seek a financial director for the township at a cost of more than $65,000, not only undermines the political desires of the people who put the elected off…
