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Michigan names 1st winners of $50K vaccination sweepstakes
LANSING, Mich. (AP) â Michigan officials have announced the first four $50,000 winners of the stateâs $5 million COVID-19 vaccine sweepstakes. The winners announced Wednesday live in New Baltimore, Southfield, Detroit and Wyoming. The state launched the sweepstakes with $5 million in cash and college scholarships, as well as a $2 million jackpot, a $1 million prize and daily drawings of $50,000 through July 30 in an effort to reach a goal of a 70% vaccination rate. As of Monday, 62.4% of state residents ages 16 or older had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, which amounted to a roughly 0.4 percentage point increase over when the contest was announced, according to the state health department.
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Suspect arrested after 6 shot, 1 killed at banquet hall on Detroit s east side
Six people were shot and one person was killed at a banquet hall on Detroit s east side overnight.
Posted at 5:23 AM, Jul 13, 2021
and last updated 2021-07-13 17:20:17-04
(WXYZ) â Six people were shot and one person was killed at a banquet hall on Detroit s east side overnight. Sources tell 7 Action News that a suspect has been arrested.
It happened at the Chalmers Banquet Hall, on Chalmers near Outer Dr.
A commander tells us that more than 100 people were gathered for an event at the hall when the shooting happened outside of it around 2 a.m.