Helen Newberry Joy Hospital COVID-19 Testing & Treatment Update

In the past week, 1 out of every 433 Americans was diagnosed with COVID-19, and cases in the Upper Peninsula are rising. HNJH wants you to know that we are expanding our testing ability and adding new treatment therapeutics to ensure we are able to continue to care...

Sault Sault Ste Marie, we have a big problem!

A lot of activity yesterday on the COVID-19 front. We did over 400 tests again and we had 40 positives, our biggest one day total yet. Of those 40 positives, 2 were WMH employees. We are now up to 6 inpatients that are positive with 3 in ICU and 3 on the medical...

Great Lakes Tunnel project progressing

Approximately 90% of the initial design work on an anticipated state-of-the-art tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac is complete, Enbridge reported today. The design work is a major step to construction of the Great Lakes Tunnel. Placed underneath the lakebed of the...

Bags of soil contaminated with trash

By Carol Stiffler Glenda Sharrett wants to know what’s in her food. Sharrett, who suffers from an auto-immune disorder, is an organic gardener. On her 38-acre plot, she is managing six gardens, working on them when she has the strength. She is growing fruits and...

Bergen pleads guilty in circuit court

By Brice Burge Floyd Samuel Bergen pled guilty to one count of domestic violence – third offense on Wednesday, August 19 in 11th Circuit Court. The crime occurred during an incident on June 28, 2020, with a person Bergen was in a dating relationship with and the...

More cases, fewer deaths, what’s happening?

By Carol Stiffler Across the Upper Peninsula, nearly 500 new coronavirus cases have been diagnosed in the past five weeks. None of these cases have resulted in a death so far. That’s a dramatic difference from the early days of the coronavirus in Michigan, where 10...