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Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Tuesday she does not expect the state will issue a mask mandate or any other new COVID-19 pandemic orders any time soon, despite federal health officials issuing new guidance that calls on even some who are fully vaccinated to mask up. “I do not anticipate another […]
Evelyn Regina Corp, age 99, of St. Ignace, Michigan, died July 16, 2021, at Evergreen Living Center in St. Ignace. She was born January 18, 1922, in Detroit, Michigan, to Isaac and Eveline Victoria (LaChapelle) Corp. Evelyn grew up the youngest of six children. She graduated from the Providence Hospital […]
James “Jim” William Darou, 73, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away Thursday July 15, 2021 at War Memorial Hospital Long Term Care. He was born May 26, 1948 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario to Glen and Edith (Evoy) Darou. Jim grew up in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and graduated […]
Johnathon Phillip Palmer “Johnny Webb”, age 29, of Engadine, Michigan, died unexpectedly on July 19th, 2021, in Gould City, Michigan. He was born on August 2, 1991, in Anchorage, Alaska. Johnny grew up in Rhode Island where he made many lifelong friends. He moved to Michigan in 2020 to be […]
Ralph William Moore, age 94, of Cheboygan, Michigan, died July 22, 2021, at Evergreen Living Center in St. Ignace, Michigan. He was born January 12, 1927, in Detroit, Michigan, to Howard Arthur and Therese Marie (Favier) Moore. Ralph grew up in Detroit where he attended Pershing High School. At the […]
Marion V. Hansen, a loving Aunt, Sister and Friend, died May 8, 2021. Marion was born on February 10, 1935, in Rudyard, Michigan. She graduated from Rudyard High and attend Michigan State University where earned her teaching degree. She taught and retired from Chadsey High School in Detroit. Marion was […]
William Thomas Murphy, age 87, passed away on Friday, July 23, 2021, in War Memorial Hospital in the Sault. William, known as Bill to friends and Tim to his family, was born on March 10, 1934, in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan to the late William and Helen (Van Brocklin) Murphy. He […]
The Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA) Keystone Center honored Kelsey Moran, a certifiednursing assistant at War Memorial Hospital, with the quarterly MHA Keystone Center Speak-up! Award July20. Moran prevented a potential adverse outcome by persistently advocating for a patient who was looking unwellto receive additional assessments and care. Her […]
The U. S. Department of Justice has determined it will not open a civil rights investigation into any public nursing facility within Michigan. Eleven months ago, the department – then under the direction of former President Donald Trump’s attorney general, Bill Barr – sent a letter to Governor Gretchen Whitmer requesting a […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican lawmakers on Wednesday killed a law that underpinned coronavirus restrictions issued by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, wiping it from the books after Michigan’s Supreme Court declared the measure unconstitutional. The Democrat is powerless to veto the citizen-initiated bill. A conservative group that organized the […]