Food Club serves over 400 households so far during pandemic. LUDINGTON — The Lakeshore Food Club served over 400 households since transitioning to a new box distribution model earlier this month. The transition and current pandemic has meant that operations run a bit differently at the LFC. The facility is currently staffed by staff from three area non-profits – United…
COVID-19 tag on MCP posts. MCP now features a “COVID-19” menu item under its masthead (logo) on top of the website. All COVID-19 related stories posted on MCP feature the COVID-19 2020 tag to make the stories archivable.
Governor announces new programs to expand unemployment. LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Monday, March 30, 2020, announced new programs for workers affected by COVID-19. The governor, under the federal CARES Act, signed an agreement between Michigan and the U.S. Dept. of Labor to implement Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Compensation programs that grant benefits to workers who do not already qualify…
Emergency Management helping to make sure local workers are safe. A lot goes on behind the scenes of a local emergency on the scale of the current COVID-19 crisis. So far, as of Tuesday morning, March 31, 2020, Mason County is one of the few counties in the State of Michigan that has not had any confirmed cases. Even with…
Firefighter asking community to help send meals to frontline COVID-19 workers. Donations can be made through PayPal here. FREE SOIL — Firefighter Broc Cameron had an idea. He wanted to send over meals to the people working the frontlines on the COVID-19 crisis — hospital personnel, nursing homes, firefighters, EMS and law enforcement, among others. Cameron sent out a Facebook…
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