50-year-olds soon will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine, here’s how to get it in Muskegon County
Updated Mar 05, 2021;
Posted Mar 05, 2021
Beginning Monday, March 8, those who are 50 and older with health conditions will be eligible for vaccination. Beginning March 22, anyone older than 50 will be eligible.Alie Skowronski | The Ann Arbor News
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MUSKEGON, MI – With COVID-19 vaccine eligibility about to expand, those ages 50 and older will want to get their names on waiting lists.
Beginning Monday, March 8, those who are 50 and older with health conditions will be eligible for vaccination. Beginning March 22, anyone older than 50 will be eligible.
To receive a vaccine, residents should have their name on a waiting list from which providers are making appointments. Residents have been advised to sign onto multiple lists.
Muskegon’s growing soul food scene is ‘bringing us together’
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
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MUSKEGON, MI – For LaKisha Harris, no one makes food like people in Muskegon.
The growing soul food scene in Muskegon, home to the turkey knuckle, is a key part of that culinary landscape.
In the past five years, Muskegon’s soul food scene has grown with the launch of five restaurants or caterers starting to serve the traditionally southern cuisine that has deep roots in the Black community.
Harris opened Soul Filled Eatery last year, and she joins Corine’s Cakes & Catering, Lott & Big Weezy’s, The Hideout and Kuntry Cookin’. She believes the burgeoning soul food scene is a sign that persistent segregation in Muskegon is changing through food.
Muskegon area residents under 65 could start getting COVID-19 vaccine in April
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
Posted Feb 26, 2021
All people age 65 and older in Muskegon County are expected to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus by the end of March. (MLive file photo)Joel Bissell | MLive.com
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MUSKEGON, MI – All people age 65 and older in Muskegon County are expected to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus by the end of March.
That’s according to public health Director Kathy Moore, who said vaccinations then will be administered to people according to age group, in descending order. That’s in addition to essential workers, she said.
Public bus system threatened with defunding likely to be cut loose from Muskegon County
Updated Feb 24, 2021;
Posted Feb 24, 2021
After an initial vote to defund the MATS bus system, the Muskegon County Board of Commissioners has reversed itself, but is on track to shed responsibility for it.MLive.com File Photo
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MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – After an initial vote to defund Muskegon’s MATS bus system, the county board has reversed itself but is on track to shed responsibility for it.
Those commissioners who voiced complaints about the public transportation system are pushing for a new entity, other than Muskegon County government, to govern the operation.
Rural, isolated people getting left out of COVID vaccinations, Muskegon health director says
Updated Feb 18, 2021;
Posted Feb 18, 2021
About 32,000 people have received the COVID-19 vaccine in Muskegon County, but help is needed in getting to individuals who live in rural or isolated settings, according to the county health director. (Allie Skowronski | MLive.com)Alie Skowronski | The Ann Arbor News
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MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – About 32,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Muskegon County, but help is needed in getting to individuals who live in rural or isolated settings, according to the county health director.
“It’s time to expand our partnership,” said Kathy Moore, director of Public Health-Muskegon County. “It really means more grassroots partnerships. It has to be the people who serve at the community level.”