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While the state is choosing not to mandate masks in schools, Gov. Whitmer and health officials hope local districts make masking mandatory.

Email In parts of rural Michigan, the vaccine may be free, but it is harder to sell Where farmland stretches from Monroe to Cass County along the Michigan-Ohio line, mistrust and fear play into willingness to take COVID-19 vaccines. Kristen Jordan Shamus and Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press Published 5:33 pm UTC May. 24, 2021 Cassidy Johnson sat on a stool at a high-top table at the Spin Clean Coin Laundry in Monroe, waiting as her clothes sloshed inside a high-capacity washing machine.  Sh...

Where farmland stretches from Monroe to Cass County along the Michigan-Ohio line, mistrust and fear play into willingness to take COVID-19 vaccines.

In parts of rural Michigan, the vaccine may be free, but it is harder to sell Kristen Jordan Shamus and Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press © Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press Spin Clean coin laundry attendant Maria Conroy works on wiping down machines, seating and other surfaces with bleach and water mixture while waiting for customers at the business in Monroe on Wednesday, May 5, 2021. Conroy says there isnt enough information for her questions and has not yet decided to get the C...

“Take it, spend it wherever you like, its yours,” Duggan said at an afternoon news conference. “You will be handed it on site as soon as the person with you gets their shot. “Then, if you come back for the second shot, you get another $50 card. So just bring them back.” In a city with the state’s lowest vaccine rates, Duggan called the program “uncharted territory.” The “neighbor” who stands to financially benefit does not need to be a Detroit resident, but the person brough...

rspitza@miningjournal.net Northern Michigan University freshman Grace Mattson prepares to take a nasal swab to test for COVID-19 at the Northern Center during the Passport to Campus event in August. NMU plans to hold vaccine clinics for students on Tuesday and Wednesday. (Journal file photo) MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University will receive an allocation of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, with clinics to start on Tuesday, the school announced Friday. NMU’s Ada B. Vielmetti Hea...