COVID-19

Meadow Brook to cut staff

Published by admin on Thu, 01/20/2022 - 3:00am

BELLAIRE — Marna Robertson's job as administrator of Meadow Brook Medical Care Facility can often be unpleasant, to say the least.

Daily she faces saying goodbye to residents at the end of life, many dealing with depression, dementia, long-term disease, and serious infirmities.

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KPS backpedals on mask mandate

Published by admin on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 3:00am

KALKASKA — About a week after Kalkaska Public Schools Superintendent Rick Heitmeyer released a video message announcing a mask mandate for all students, staff and visitors to indoor school facilities, the Kalkaska Public Schools Board of Education voted to revoke the mandate at its monthly meetin

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KPS implements mask mandate amid rise in COVID-19 cases

Published by admin on Thu, 09/23/2021 - 3:00am

KALKASKA — Amid a rising number of COVID-19 positive cases and students who are currently quarantined as a result of close contact, Kalkaska Public Schools Superintendent Rick Heitmeyer announced a universal mask mandate inside KPS buildings, effective Wednesday, Sept.

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DHD #10 not issuing mask mandates in schools

Published by admin on Thu, 09/09/2021 - 3:00am

REGION — As COVID-19 cases, including from variants, are rising, District Health Department #10 (DHD#10) continues to support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) recommendations for universal indoor masking by all students, staff, teachers, and visitors of K-12 schools regardle

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Health Department reports findings from COVID-19 vaccine survey

Published by admin on Thu, 07/01/2021 - 3:00am

REGION – As COVID-19 vaccination rates declined across District Health Department #10’s jurisdiction, a survey was created to understand vaccine hesitancy within the communities and to increase vaccination rates.

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Life is ‘returning to normal,’ Emergency Operations Director says

Published by admin on Thu, 06/17/2021 - 3:00am

REGION — With approximately 60 percent of Antrim County's population now vaccinated against COVID-19, and only seven new cases diagnosed in the last 10 days, with no deaths, life is slowly returning to normal for Antrim County Emergency Management Director Leslie Meyers for the first time in more

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Health Dept. reaches milestone of administering more than 100,000 COVID-19 vaccines

Published by admin on Thu, 06/10/2021 - 3:00am

REGION – District Health Department #10 is reporting that, as of June 1, 2021, approximately 100,461 COVID-19 vaccines have been administered across the 10-county jurisdiction, including first and second doses of Pfizer and Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson one-dose vaccines.

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County vaccination clinics making an impact

Published by admin on Thu, 03/25/2021 - 3:00am

BELLAIRE — Vaccination clinics coordinated by Antrim County's Emergency Management office are making an impact, Emergency Management Director Leslie Meyers said last week.

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Health Dept. to host regular weekly vaccine clinics

Published by admin on Thu, 03/04/2021 - 3:00am

REGION — With more providers such as Meijer and Rite-Aid offering vaccines, and a steadier, more reliable COVID-19 vaccine supply, regional health departments plan to begin holding regular weekly clinics in both Antrim and Kalkaska counties in the next few weeks.