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News from February 2023

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UM-Flint physician assistant students help to launch free Narcan vending machine

By Press release submission | Feb 14, 2023

Naloxone, the medication that reverses opioid overdoses and is delivered via the Narcan nasal sprayer, is now available for free at a vending machine in downtown Flint thanks to the work of three UM-Flint physician assistant students and the partnership they formed with the Genesee Community Health Center.

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Michigan deaths did not exceed death expectancy during week ending Jan. 28

By Great Lakes Wire | Feb 14, 2023

Michigan's death count did not exceed death expectancy during the week ending Jan. 28, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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407 people in 65-74 age group in Michigan are estimated to have died during week ending January 28

By Great Lakes Wire | Feb 13, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 407 people in the 65-74 age group died during the week ending January 28.

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CDC reports 28 deaths among Michigan Hispanics in week ending Jan. 28

By Great Lakes Wire | Feb 12, 2023

There were 28 Hispanic people who died in Michigan in the week ending Jan. 28, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Michigan deaths did not exceed upper threshold of death expectancy during week ending Jan. 28

By Great Lakes Wire | Feb 12, 2023

Michigan's death count did not exceed the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending Jan. 28, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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CDC estimates 292 people in 45-64 age group in Michigan died during week ending January 28

By Great Lakes Wire | Feb 12, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 292 people in the 45-64 age group died during the week ending January 28.

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Residents Can Weigh in on Master Plan Priorities

By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2023

Midland residents have an opportunity to help set the City of Midland’s future priorities for the next 30 years – and they can do it in a new ‘choose-your-own-adventure” style survey opportunity.

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CDC predicts 49 people in 25-44 age group in Michigan died during week ending January 28

By Great Lakes Wire | Feb 11, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 49 people in the 25-44 age group died during the week ending January 28.

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Winter break work adds up for DeKeyser 6th grader; named National Winter MATH-a-thon student

By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2023

DeKeyser Elementary School 6th grader, Alexander DeMuynck, loves math.

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Moody's raises City bond rating three levels to A2

By Press release submission | Feb 10, 2023

Moody’s Investors Service announced in late January that it has upgraded he City of Taylor’s bond rating three levels to A2 from Baa2.

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Dance Party at North Park for Wear Read Day

By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023

It was a three-song dance party – with some deep-belly breathing in between songs – for 150 first, second, and third-graders (and Hearty, the official mascot of the American Heart Association) as Grand Rapids Public Schools celebrated Wear Red Day at North Park Montessori School.

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Week of January 21: 17 people age 25 and younger are estimated to have died in Michigan

By Great Lakes Wire | Feb 9, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 17 individuals under the age of 25 died during the week ending January 21.

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JLG Neighborhood Stories & Signage: RFP # 183156,1

By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023

The City of Detroit Office of Contracting and Procurement (OCP) requests proposals from qualified firms to provide services for the design and fabrication of signs to be installed on the phase 1 greenway between Warren to Joy.

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Winter Property Taxes Due on Tuesday, Feb. 14

By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023

East Lansing property owners are reminded that winter property taxes are due on Tuesday, Feb. 14.

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UM-Flint professor, students working with 'Beyond Rhetoric' project to fight racism in Genesee County

By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023

After Genesee County became one the first communities in the country to adopt a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis in June 2020, public health researchers, including University of Michigan-Flint associate professor Lisa Lapeyrouse and several UM-Flint students, set out to ensure that the resolution was viewed through a public health lens and translated into practice.

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Seasonal Weight Restrictions - IN EFFECT - Notice from Washtenaw County Road Commission

By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023

Seasonal weight restrictions help to protect streets from damage caused by heavy vehicle loads during winter and spring freeze thaw cycles.

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Week ending January 21 could be deadliest for people age 85 and older in Michigan

By Great Lakes Wire | Feb 8, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 656 individuals age 85 and older died during the week ending January 21.

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Michigan: 564 people in 75-84 age group are estimated to have died during week ending January 21

By Great Lakes Wire | Feb 7, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 564 people in the 75-84 age group died during the week ending January 21.

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Michigan deaths did not exceed death expectancy during week ending Jan. 21

By Great Lakes Wire | Feb 7, 2023

Michigan's death count did not exceed death expectancy during the week ending Jan. 21, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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How many 65-74-year-olds died in Michigan during week ending January 21?

By Great Lakes Wire | Feb 6, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 445 people in the 65-74 age group died during the week ending January 21.