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LANSING A former attorney who lost his license due to a criminal conviction has pleaded guilty to additional charges, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced on Thursday.
Charles Malette, 40, is a former attorney in the Chippewa County area. His license was revoked following a trial conviction for aggravated stalking last year.
On Tuesday, Malette pleaded guilty to one count of perjury, a 15-year felony, as well as one count of felony false pretenses, a five-year felony.
As part of the plea agreement, three embezzlement charges were dropped, though Malette agreed to pay over $50,000 in restitution related to those allegations.
Daily News staff
Local health officials Thursday reported a dozen more confirmed COVID-19 positives in Iron County and nine new cases in Dickinson County since its last update Monday.
In a Facebook post Thursday morning, the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department also listed six new probable cases in Dickinson County and five recovered cases.
The agency had Dickinson County at 2,371 confirmed positives and 329 probable cases, with 2,411 recovered, 72 deaths and 217 cases still active. For Iron County, the DIDHD had 958 confirmed cases and 69 probables, with 903 recovered, 48 deaths and 76 active cases.
For the Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website Thursday added 60 new confirmed positives: 10 in Delta and Marquette counties; eight in Schoolcraft County; seven in Baraga County; six in Menominee County; five in Houghton County; four in Chippewa and Mackinac counties; three in Iron County; and one each in Dickinson, Ontonago
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State data Wednesday showed eight more confirmed COVID-19 positives in Iron County but only two new cases in Dickinson County.
For the Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website Wednesday added 46 new confirmed positives: 10 in Marquette County; eight in Iron and Baraga counties; six in Delta County; five in Houghton County; three in Mackinac County; two in Dickinson and Menominee counties; and one each in Schoolcraft, Luce and Gogebic counties; Chippewa County’s count was reduced by one. Baraga County had the region’s only new coronavirus-related death.
Using only the state’s figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Wednesday has had 19,332 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 412 deaths.
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State data Tuesday showed four more confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County as the Upper Peninsula added 77 new cases.
For the Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website Tuesday listed 24 new coronavirus cases in Marquette County; eight in Baraga County; seven in Alger County; six in Delta, Luce and Houghton counties; five in Menominee and Chippewa counties; four in Dickinson and Mackinac counties; and two in Schoolcraft County.
Using only the state’s figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Tuesday has had 19,286 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 411 deaths.
Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Tuesday had Keweenaw County at 142 confirmed cases and 31 probable, and one confirmed death and one probable death; Luce County, 184 confirmed cases and 193 probable, one confirmed death and one probable death; Schoolcraft County, 300 confirmed cases and 62 probable, four deaths and one probable; Alger County, 318 confirme
May 5, 2021
ESCANABA Delta County recorded only three more confirmed COVID-19 positives Tuesday and Menominee County one new case, data from local health officials showed.
The Public Health of Delta and Menominee Counties website update Tuesday also listed eight new probable cases in Delta County, while Menominee County had one probable. Neither county had a new death.
As of Tuesday, Delta County has had 3,250 confirmed positives, 655 probable and 87 deaths, according to PHDMC. Menominee County had 1,752 confirmed cases, 318 probable and 39 deaths. The deaths included confirmed and probable.
State health data Tuesday showed six new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Delta County, while Menominee County had five new cases and Schoolcraft County two.