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MILAN — Italy added another 462 virus deaths on Friday for a known pandemic death toll of 74,621, the highest in Europe. Italy’s daily death toll remains stubbornly high more than two months into restrictive measures and in the second week of a modified lockdown. The number of new positives dipped by 5% from a day earlier, to 22,211, while 15% fewer tests were administered, according to Health Ministry statistics. Italy is launching its vaccine campaign and is first targeting residents of nursing homes and medical personnel. ___ THE VIRUS OUTBREAK: For months, California did many of the...

The struggle of this tiny coffee shop on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula mirrors the plight of restaurants and bars from New York to California where a coronavirus surge spurred governors and mayors to shut down businesses again, rippling more pain across the economy. Since the pandemic began, more than 110,000 or 17% of America’s restaurants have closed permanently or long term, according to the National Restaurant Association. About 30% of America’s remaining small businesses could go belly up by the end of the year, found a recent study by Biz2Credit. Congress made small-business help a m...

jvissers@mininggazette.com Zoom screen capture (left to right) Commissioner Tom Tikkanen, Chairperson of the Board Al Koskela, and County Administrator Ben Larson sit together inside the county chambers Tuesday night. The rest of the commissioners, staff, and public convened with them via Zoom. Houghton County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday night to send a resolution imploring Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the state government to allow restaurants, bars and ice rinks to reopen for indoor business when the current shutdown orders expire, rather than renewing them. The current order expire...