Bonham says since Governor Whitmer announced that restaurants could reopen for indoor dining on Feb. 1, Gordon Food Service has seen a spike in its orders.
and last updated 2021-01-19 22:25:18-05
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â A health system in West Michigan is playing a key role in a COVID-19 vaccine candidate that expects to apply for emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration by the end of the month.
Trial data published in the New England Journal of Medicine last Wednesday demonstrated Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnsonâs vaccine generated an immune response in most participants, with people only experiencing mild side effects, like fatigue, headache and fever.
âIt was a very encouraging study,â said Dr. Eric Achtyes, director of research at Cherry Health. âI think itâs very hopeful that we may have soon a third COVID vaccine that people could use here in the United States.â
Bronson Healthcare opens vaccination clinic for people 65 and older
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and last updated 2021-01-16 22:45:00-05
PORTAGE, Mich. â Bronson Healthcare opened its first COVID-19 vaccination clinics for people 65 and older on Saturday.
Sites are in Portage, Battle Creek, Mattawan and South Haven.
The clinic in Portage is just steps from the Pfizer manufacturing plant, which has produced millions of coronavirus vaccine doses since December.
â[When] the vaccines werenât available, it was like, âLetâs just walk down to the plant and stick out our arm,ââ said Ellen Kozar.
Kozar was one of 600 people who received their first doses of the Pfizer vaccine at Bronsonâs clinic in Portage. She says she misses her children and grandchildren, which is why she signed up for the shot.
Allendale statue cleaned up after being tarred and feathered
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and last updated 2021-01-10 10:15:23-05
ALLENDALE, Mich. â A West Michigan man is defending himself and the other people involved after they allegedly damaged a controversial statue in Allendale this weekend.
Mitch Kahle, founder of the Michigan Association of Civil Rights Activists, says around 6 p.m. Friday a handful of people from his organization, including himself, and Justice for Black Lives, another West Michigan group, âtarred and featheredâ the Confederate soldier part of the Civil War statue in Allendale Townshipâs Veteranâs Garden of Honor.
The black paint and feathers have since been cleaned off.
and last updated 2021-01-01 22:50:31-05
KENT COUNTY, Mich. â School districts in West Michigan can return to in-person learning Monday after a statewide spike in coronavirus cases forced students to go virtual.
âWe have to be patient about this,â said Dr. Mike Shibler, Rockford Public Schools superintendent.
High schoolers at Rockford will return to the classroom in a hybrid model beginning January 4.
âOur teachers, our students, our parents, our community have been forming an alliance to make this work and we re going to continue to keep safety as our priority, but also teaching and learning,â said Shibler.
According to Ron Koehler, interim superintendent for Kent ISD, a quarter of its members plan to go back to some form of in-person learning at high schools next week with an additional third following the week after.