LEROY â MIOSHA slapped a LeRoy business with a $2,800 penalty after inspecting the company s job site near Lansing in September.
D.J. McQuestion and Sons, Inc. did not protect employees from the hazard of contracting SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a citation from the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity.
In a news release, the state said D.J. McQuestion was being cited for violations of COVID-19 workplace safety requirements including lack of daily entry screening protocol, lack of social distancing, failure to increase cleaning and disinfection, failure to notify health department of an employee with a confirmed case of COVID-19, lack of recordkeeping, and lack of face coverings when workers could not consistently maintain six feet of social distancing.
Mott Community College (MCC) is part of the Michigan Reconnect program enabling people aged 25 years and older to attend community college tuition-free.
Nearly a thousand health care workers in Ingham County are getting Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine every week.
Health Officer Linda Vail says so far, the state has provided her department with 975 doses of vaccine a week. They’re getting an extra dose out of some vials.
She says the staff and the schedule would allow for more. “We did ask for the double, 1,950 doses this week, and didn’t get it, Vail adds, but we will be asking again, and I’ve also made a few phone calls.”
Vail says the department is vaccinating 350 or more people per day, and could double or triple that if they had enough vaccine.
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But some potential students are finding out they’re not eligible.
The program will only cover what’s known as ‘in district tuition’, leaving some students with surprise expenses.
Here’s the problem that’s surfaced with the Michigan Reconnect program. If you live in what’s known as a community college district, meaning that area pays property taxes to support the college, you’re eligible for full benefits.
So for example if you live in Ludington, you’re in a community college district.
But head just one county over, and you’ll be here in Lake County, largely outside of a community college district and not eligible for full benefits.