Michigan News from MLive

Republican lawmakers want limits on Gov. Whitmer’s use of emergency text alerts, Michigan road construction is set to pause for Labor Day weekend and Kiss postpones what is perhaps the band’s last Michigan concert after positive COVID tests. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A court rules that Michigan mask mandates did not violate the rights of religious schools, 600 University of Michigan professors sign a petition demanding stricter COVID-19 rules and the Farmer’s Almanac predicts a ‘bone-chilling’ winter for the Great Lakes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan’s COVID-19 cases continue to climb, an employee claiming “natural immunity” sues Michigan State University over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate and some animals at the Detroit Zoo are receiving COVID-19 vaccines. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan officials are directed to craft a contingency plan in case of a government shutdown, a Michigan team claims the Little League World Series championship for the first time since 1959 and a Michigan mosquito tests positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gas prices for Labor Day weekend are expected to be the highest for the holiday since 2014, the Michigan DNR offers a notification system for available campsites at busy campgrounds and a Michigan couple is ordered to pay $45,000 after disposing of their son’s porn collection. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unemployment is set to end for more than 400,000 Michiganders, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says local mask policies are the ‘best way to move forward’ and half of Michigan’s fatal motorcycle crashes involve riders without a proper license. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More than 20% of recent Michigan COVID cases are among vaccinated residents, the family of a couple randomly shot on the South Haven pier speaks out and the Detroit Lions are reportedly the most bet-on team to make the playoffs. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CDC guidelines say nearly every Michigan county should return to masking, drought is almost gone in Michigan thanks to summer rainfall and Michigan’s apple crop is expected to shrink after April frosts See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The price for Forever stamps is set to increase, the Michigan DNR will pay you to collect pine cones and Miguel Cabrera makes history with the Detroit Tigers by hitting his 500th home run. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

High COVID transmission counties double in Michigan, the Census shows Detroit keeps shrinking but the mayor disputes the count’s accuracy and clean energy jobs have rebounded quicker than the overall Michigan workforce. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Young children see the largest percent increase in Michigan COVID cases in recent weeks, 72% of restaurants and hotels oppose the CDC masking recommendation and a Michigan Senate GOP leader will skip the Mackinac policy conference over its vaccine requirement. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More than half of Michigan communities are under 70% for childhood vaccinations, a Lake Michigan ferry has suspended service after an employee gets COVID-19 and how to spot and report the invasive Asian longhorned beetle. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Michigan hospital cuts ties with Kirk Cousins over his vaccine stance, the Canadian border has reopened to vaccinated Americans and Lynyrd Skynyrd cancels a show at the Jackson County Fair after a band member tests positive for COVID-19. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan’s delta variant coronavirus cases spike 165%, Michigan State athletic director Bill Beekman is stepping down and Dave Coulier of “Full House” is getting a Michigan street named in his honor. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan updates its COVID-19 guidance for schools, COVID-19 cases linked to the Faster Horses Festival have climbed to 83 and Michigan ranks 5th in the U.S. for the most openly LGBTQ elected officials. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New severe weather alerts are coming to your phone, a semiconductor shortage will shut down two Michigan GM plants next week and Sleeping Bear Dunes marks a record breeding season for piping plovers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

350,000 people won’t have to repay unemployment money after a State of Michigan error, regulators warn that marijuana-infused candy packaging can’t appeal to children and Mackinac Island’s main road will be open during weekends this summer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The grace period for Michigan license and registration renewals has been extended, the DNR is investigating the death of up to 500 carp in one Michigan lake and Michigan businesses will receive $784 million from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More Michigan hospitals adopt employee COVID vaccine mandates, Larry Nassar’s prison account could be raided to pay restitution owed to victims and the Detroit Pistons take Cade Cunningham with the first pick of the NBA Draft. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CDC guidance for a return to indoor masking applies to 10 Michigan counties, Gov. Whitmer declares this week “Buy Michigan Week” and a Detroit bar is requiring patrons to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test to enter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The number of COVID-19 cases linked to the Faster Horses Festival is on the rise, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proposes $100 million to fund affordable housing across Michigan and the U.P. State Fair is returning this year. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The National Weather Service has confirmed four tornadoes hit Michigan over the weekend, Attorneys general from Michigan and Oregon say the federal government improperly delisted gray wolves and Gov. Whitmer signs a $385 million bill for COVID relief and flood recovery. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Faster Horses Festival has been linked to more than a dozen COVID-19 cases, Enbridge is ordered to remove an anchor near Line 5 and a rare shorebird sighting is drawing birders to one Michigan community. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Singer Luke Combs pays for the funeral costs of three men who died at Michigan’s Faster Horses Festival, Flint water testing shows a continued reduction in lead and the West Nile virus has been detected in Kent County. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The emergency powers law used for Michigan’s pandemic stay-home order is coming off the books, truthful unemployment claimants won’t have to repay unemployment benefits after a state error and officials are reminding Mackinac Island visitors to follow safety guidelines after a man’s fatal fall from Arch Rock. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choic...