(MIRS)—Let’s say someone gets COVID-19, but dies after a heart attack. What’s the official cause of death? According to Dr. Teena Chopra, professor of medicine within the division of infectious diseases at Wayne State University,…
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Washington Township resident Keran Walkowicz has been named the Macomb County 4-H Lifetime Achievement Award recipient for the 2020 program year. The prestigious award is given only to volunteers who have served Macomb County…
Lindsey Van Assche, of Washington Township, was awarded a master’s degree, nurse anesthetist, by Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Penn., during a special Dec. 19 virtual commencement ceremony. Sara Lesnesky, of Armada, is on the…
Sarah Miller (Photo courtesy the author) BY STACY SOBOTKA Local author Sarah Miller made an appearance on PBS’s American Masters Dec. 29 to talk about famed writer Laura Ingalls Wilder on the episode “Laura Ingalls…
Washington Township residents Heather Snyder and Rich Bieser shop at a local Meijer store. (Submitted photo) BY NICHOLAS BAXTER Avoiding exposure to COVID-19 has made grocery shopping difficult for many, but for those fighting cancer…
Applications for 2021 scholarships are now being accepted by the Sandbox Foundation. Applications can be downloaded from the foundation’s application page on its web site at: http://sandboxfoundation.org/index.php/applications Students may submit applications between Jan. 1 and…
McLaren Health Plan announced it is extending its coverage – with no cost share to members – for services related to COVID-19 through March 2021. This includes virtual visits (including those for behavioral health services),…
BY THE REV. ADAM HILL I don’t know how the hokey songs, campy movies, and ugly sweaters do it, but somehow through all the clutter some kind of Christmas magic takes place. Every year the…
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. Rich Glassford shows off the lights he hung on the front of the River of God Church on East St. Clair Street in Romeo. Glassford said that he hung 57 strings of lights,…
Ray Township Library Director Christy DeMeulenaere, pictured on the left, steadies an inflatible reindeer with the assistance of library and recreation department employee Kathy Reidt and Recreation employee Mike Viaene in front of the library…