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May 3, 2021 5:45 PM
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) Â As of Monday, May 3, the state’s official COVID-19 tracking website shows that 844,385 Michigan residents have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Since March 10, when the first death was reported, 17,771 Michiganders have died from the acute respiratory illness. A Breakdown of COVID-19 Data
The weekend data increase includes numbers from Sunday and Monday, and shows that 5,035 more people have contracted the virus. In addition, there were 29 new deaths.
On Saturday, May 23 the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services also announced changes to how COVID-19 testing data is reported to make it more accurate and relevant as the state continues to expand diagnostic testing.
By Jerry Malec
May 1, 2021 7:40 AM
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) Western Michigan University Public Safety is investigating what they are calling a “large number of gunshots” heard near campus early Saturday morning.
According to a WMU Advisory text sent out just before 3 a.m., a large number of gunshots were reported in the area of Fraternity Village Drive.
WMU Public Safety reported that the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety responded to the call and informed residents to avoid the area. ); } return false; }); $( #comments .commentlist .comment-content a ).attr( target , blank );
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One year ago, a 16 year-old boy sat in a cafeteria at a group home for teens in Kalamazoo and tossed a piece of bread at another boy. The adults in the room told him to stop. Smiling, he tossed another piece. An adult pushed him to the floor, and eventually seven other grown men held the boy down for 12 minutes.
Cornelius Fredrick died two days later, his death ruled a homicide.
In the year since his death, there have been lawsuits, criminal charges, and promises of reform. The home where Fredrick lived, Lakeside Academy, has closed.
Much has changed. But much remains unresolved.
Okubai has tried for weeks to set up his commercial driver license test. The system online kept telling him there were no appointments for at least a month. So, he had been calling the Secretary of State’s Office to see if he could snatch one of the appointments they release daily.
He was lucky. On Wednesday, he got one for Thursday. Still, he’s frustrated.
“It should be easy to set up an appointment,” Okubai said. “But it is not.”
Many can relate.
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson campaigned in 2018 as an expert at streamlining bureaucracies, promising she’d ensure customers would wait no more than 30 minutes at branches if she was elected.