Detroit school closes for cleaning amid spike in illnesses

May 5, 2023

DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit elementary school has closed for the rest of the week for a deep cleaning amid a spike in flu-like illnesses, officials said Wednesday. One of the students who fell sick, a kindergartner, died last week, according to school and health officials, though no cause had yet been determined for the death or the illnesses. Dr. Claudia Richardson, medical director for the Detroit Health Department, said in a statement that the agency is working with the Detroit Public Schools Community District and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services “to assess ...

Recycling rates in Michigan at an all-time high

May 5, 2023

MARQUETTE — Recycling in Michigan is at an all-time high, according to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. According to an EGLE press release, Michigan’s recycling rate rose from 14.25% prior to 2019, to over 21% based on EGLE’s 2023 analysis. The total ...

Going green: Nel Hydrogen to build in Michigan, work with GM

May 4, 2023

DETROIT — The green hydrogen company Nel announced plans Wednesday to build a massive new plant in Michigan as it works with General Motors to drive down the cost of hydrogen. The Norwegian company makes devices that take water and split it into hydrogen and oxygen, known as electrolyzers, as well as fueling stations. CEO Halkon Volldal said the company will make electrolyzers in the Detroit area to supply up to 4 gigawatts’ worth of hydrogen each year, making it among the largest such factories in the world. Nel looked at every state, but picked the longtime home of the American ...

3 Nigerian men charged in sextortion of local teen

May 4, 2023

By CHRISTIE MASTRIC Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — Three Nigerian men await extradition to the U.S. for for allegedly committing sexual extortion that resulted in the death of a Marquette teen. U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten on Wednesday announced the ...

Michigan clerk who doubts election results faces recall

May 2, 2023

DETROIT — A small-town clerk accused of improperly handling voting equipment after casting doubt on President Joe Biden’s election victory faces a recall election Tuesday in one of Michigan’s most conservative counties. Stephanie Scott ran unopposed as a Republican first-time candidate when she was chosen in the same November 2020 election to handle the voting in Hillsdale County’s Adams Township, where about 2,200 people live along rural roads dotted with signs supporting Donald Trump. The ticket of Trump and Vice President Mike Pence received nearly 76% of the vote in the ...

MDHHS announces updates to COVID-19 vaccines

May 2, 2023

By Journal Staff LANSING — The Food and Drug Administration has amended emergency use authorizations to recommend bivalent Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines be used for all doses administered to those 6 months of age and older, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced. Monovalent COVID-19 vaccines are no longer recommended for use in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices supports these recommendations. “Bivalent COVID-19 vaccines offer critical protection from severe ...