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Public Health, Delta & Menominee Counties, Marquette County Health Department and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) are investigating a cluster of severe respiratory illnesses associated with adenovirus infection in individuals residing in Michigan’s central Upper Peninsula (UP). Currently, all six of the patients with confirmed adenovirus …

The state’s Auditor General will conduct an audit of the decision to close the Ojibway Correctional Facility. State Representative Scott Dianda called for the audit after it was announced that the prison in Gogebic County would close on December 1st. Dianda says the Michigan Department of Corrections has not considered …

The investigation continues into the cause of a plane crash in the Upper Peninsula over the weekend. The accident happened shortly before 10:00 Friday night in St. Ignace near the Mackinac County Airport. The pilot, a Wisconsin man, was the only person on board the plane which had just taken …