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Two mosquito-borne viruses detected in Michigan

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Two mosquito-borne viruses detected in Michigan

July 8th, 20230 On Monday, July 3, Bay County Mosquito Control issued an advisory stating that routine surveillance detected evidence of the Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus, or EEE, in a mosquito in Hampton Township. “Surveillance undertaken by Mosquito Control is used as an early warning system,” said Rebecca Brandt, Bay County Mosquito Control...
Michigan high school senior selected as a 2023 U.S. Presidential Scholar Local

Michigan high school senior selected as a 2023 U.S. Presidential Scholar

May 26th, 20230 BLOOMFIELD HILLS — A Michigan high school senior has been selected as a 2023 U.S. Presidential Scholar. Adnan Khan of Bloomfield Hills was selected out of more than 5,000 students across the nation for this prestigious title.  A total of 161 U.S. high school seniors were chosen to be U.S. Presidential Scholars and Khan is one of...
Michigan’s COVID-19 deaths top 40,000 Health

Michigan’s COVID-19 deaths top 40,000

December 6th, 20220 Deaths linked to COVID-19 have now surpassed 40,000 in Michigan since the pandemic began in 2020, the state health department reported. More than 36,400 deaths have been confirmed, while 3,676 were probably caused by COVID-19, the state said Tuesday on its coronavirus website. There were 113 in the past week. “Throughout the...
Voters of color and women saved the Democrats from disaster Elections

Voters of color and women saved the Democrats from disaster

November 19th, 20220 By Peter White Despite new laws to keep people from voting and gerrymandering election districts to take away the power of minority communities, the Republican “red wave” that pollsters predicted ahead of last week’s midterms didn’t happen. Ethnic Media Services debriefed six experts on their reactions to the election...
Michigan man charged with providing support to ISIS Crime

Michigan man charged with providing support to ISIS

November 18th, 20220 DETROIT - Federal officials charged a former Metro Detroit man with attempting to provide material support to ISIS of Iraq and al-Sham, a terrorist organization, and for being a felon in possession of a destructive device. The indictment, which was unsealed Tuesday in the Eastern District of Michigan, accused Aws Mohammed Naser, 34,...
Whitmer, Democrats get sweeping wins in divided Michigan Elections

Whitmer, Democrats get sweeping wins in divided Michigan

November 9th, 20220 Governor Whitmer enters her second term with Democrats likely to control all levels of power in the State Capitol for the first time since the 1980s and backed by a dramatic show of voters’ support for keystone Democratic issues, including abortion and voting rights. But even as state Democrats celebrated their sweep of state...
Comfortable victories for Democrats in Dearborn, Hamtramck, despite GOP efforts Elections

Comfortable victories for Democrats in Dearborn, Hamtramck, despite GOP efforts

November 9th, 20220 Democrats cleared victories with wide margins despite a renewed push by Republicans to make in-roads with voters, with the picture becoming clearer as election results came out of the Dearborn Clerk’s office Tuesday night. With all precincts reporting in Dearborn, unofficial results from the Dearborn City Clerk showed comfortable...
Michigan Election Day guide and endorsements: Who deserves our vote Elections

Michigan Election Day guide and endorsements: Who deserves our vote

November 5th, 20220 Michigan's midterm election is on Tuesday, Nov. 8, and among the races at stake are for governor, secretary of state and attorney general. There are also three ballot proposals that could change the state's constitution, all 13 seats in the U.S. Congress and all the State House and Senate seats. The midterm elections will likely...
Arab American sues U.S. Steel over discrimination, termination at Ecorse plant Community

Arab American sues U.S. Steel over discrimination, termination at Ecorse plant

November 3rd, 20220 ECORSE — An Arab American man is suing U.S. Steel for wrongful discrimination termination following employment discrimination by his supervisor. The lawsuit, filed by the Michigan chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) in federal court on behalf of Yemeni American Jalal Muflihi, says Muflihi complained for...
Check your carbon monoxide detectors as daylight saving time ends Local

Check your carbon monoxide detectors as daylight saving time ends

November 3rd, 20220 Michigan health officials say that as temperatures get colder and the nights longer, residents should take action to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning by checking to ensure furnaces and carbon monoxide detectors are properly working while turning back the clocks for the end of daylight saving time Sunday, Nov 6. Carbon monoxide, or...
Michigan schools and parents now have more access to the child abuse registry Local

Michigan schools and parents now have more access to the child abuse registry

November 2nd, 20221 LANSING — A state law signed earlier this year will now allow parents, schools and licensed child care facilities to have easier access to the state's child abuse and neglect registry. Governor Whitmer's Office said this week that the changes brought on by Wyatt’s Law to the state's Central Registry for Child Abuse and Neglect...
TikTok provides an outlet for health education; there’s more to be done Health

TikTok provides an outlet for health education; there’s more to be done

October 24th, 20221 This article was contributed by Sumaiyah Ahmed, MHA, public health coordinator for ACCESS, and has been edited for style TikTok is a popular short-video app best known for its trendy dances and outlandish humor. However, it has also become a venue for healthcare providers to share health and wellness information with younger...
Michigan to pay $20M to people wrongly accused of fraud Local

Michigan to pay $20M to people wrongly accused of fraud

October 21st, 20220 LANSING — State lawmakers have agreed to set aside $20 million to settle a lawsuit by thousands of people who were wrongly accused of fraud when seeking unemployment benefits. The money was included in a larger bill recently signed into law by Democratic Governor Whitmer. It followed an agreement reached by the Attorney General’s...
Southfield Clerk resigns after plea agreement in election case Crime

Southfield Clerk resigns after plea agreement in election case

October 20th, 20220 SOUTHFIELD – Southfield City Clerk Sherikia Hawkins has resigned from her position following a plea agreement in an election misconduct case, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced this week. During the 2018 General Election, election inspectors made a mistake and put 193 absentee ballots in the ballot container without...
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