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Lake Linden-Hubbell Schools Superintendent Brad Codere presents a Copper Country Association of School Board award to senior Siona Beadouin on Monday.
ake Linden-Hubbell Schools Board presented three people with Copper Country Association of School Board awards at its meeting Monday night.
Twelfth-grader Siona Beaudoin received the Student Leadership Award. Beaudoin has been part of numerous extracurricular activities, including eCYBERMISSION, where she helped win a national title and the Life Sciences Poster Competition at the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, where she finished third.
“Siona is a quiet leader who takes her academics very seriously, and is primed for much success beyond high school,” Superintendent Brad Codere said.
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HOUGHTON In a bid to inspire more Michigan residents to get vaccinated, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Thursday the state would tie further rollbacks of COVID-19 restrictions to statewide vaccination rates.
Whitmer’s plan gradually eliminates limits as more people get vaccinated, effectively restoring the pre-COVID status quo when at least 70% of people 16 and up receive at least one dose.
“The more people that get vaccinated, the better, the more likely we can put this virus behind us and forestall the possibility of variants … our work will not be done when we hit one of these goals, but we we can enjoy a lot of things that we’ve all been craving when we do,” Whitmer said at a news conference Thursday.
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HANCOCK As vaccine supplies increase throughout the five-county region, the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department is expanding eligibility for who can sign up.
In addition to people 65 and older, the eligible groups now include people 50 and older with underlying health conditions and caregivers of children with special health needs. The state announced the expanded criteria Friday. Those groups will also still be prioritized when the vaccine expands to the general population.
Right now, about 1,500 first doses per week are coming to the five-county area, versus 900 at the start, said Kate Beer, health director for the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department.
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CALUMET Cafe Rosetta is one step closer to reopening after a joint inspection conducted last week by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department.
MDARD and WUPHD’s Thursday inspection looked to determine if Cafe Rosetta had the proper public health and food safety procedures in place to safely reopen. The cafe, which had become a flashpoint in opposition to the state’s COVID-19 restrictions, closed in February, more than two months after the state suspended its license.
“Based on the results of the joint inspection, WUPHD and MDARD have determined that if Cafe Rosetta follows the requirements of its Action Plan for (Michigan Department of Health and Human Services) Emergency Order COVID-19 Compliance, implements and follows COVID-19 mitigation measures, and meets the requirements for ensuring public health and food safety under the Michigan Food Law and Michigan Modified Food Code, an immine