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3 years of COVID-19 in Michigan: The most striking numbers
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThree years ago Friday, on March 10, 2020, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Michigan’s first two...
First US case of new COVID-19 variant identified in Michigan lab
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoGuess who's back, back again? Not that it ever really left us. COVID-19, the disease caused by the...
Child tax credit helped Michigan kids — and numbers prove it
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoChild tax credits kept 114,000 Michigan children above the poverty line in 2021 and benefited nearly...
Macomb County boy dies from RSV as Michigan pediatric hospitals fill with sick kids
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA 6-year-old Macomb County boy has died from respiratory syncytial virus, better known as RSV,...
Branch County seeing rise in COVID hospitalizations
The Daily Reporter via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBRANCH COUNTY — Hospitalizations are back from COVID-19 infections in Branch County as cases rise. ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital reported on Dec....
Michigan’s child care crisis is much worse than policymakers have estimated
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt was March 27, 2021, and an at-home day care in Grand Rapids was ready for a pool day. The day...
Michigan has nowhere to send vulnerable kids as placement crisis builds
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA girl who had been repeatedly beaten and raped by her father was removed from her abusive home only...
Michigan’s OK2SAY Program Shows a Rise in School Violence Tips
The 74 via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMichigan’s school violence prevention reporting system received 7,415 tips in 2022, annual numbers...
Warmer winters, fewer hunters have Michigan deer numbers soaring — and it's becoming a problem
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGloria Hardy thinks whitetail deer are beautiful. But she's under siege from them. Hardy lives in...
Michigan tried to limit 'barbaric' practice in 2016. Educators used it 94,000 times since.
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKai Atallah can’t forget the bright lights. The 9-year-old from west Michigan isn’t talking about...