Editorial: A Parting Gift

Editorial: A Parting Gift

By Mr. Joe Walker, Managing Editor of MuskegonTribune.com My 7-year-old son and I stood in the parking of what used to be Toys R Us. We stared at the ghostly abandoned building feeling disappointed. It used to be filled with bikes, trains, and video games. That all changed in 2018. The company announced it was […]

Wayne State Dean to Discuss ‘Civility: Its Uses and Abuses in Public Discourse’ via Zoom on Oct. 1

Wayne State Dean to Discuss ‘Civility: Its Uses and Abuses in Public Discourse’ via Zoom on Oct. 1

The MCC Lecture Series talk by John Corvino, the dean of the Irvin D. Reid Honors College and a professor of philosophy at Wayne State University, which was originally scheduled for March, will take place via Zoom on Thursday, Oct. 1, at 6 p.m. To join the lecture on Zoom, please click the following link: https://muskegoncc-edu.zoom.us/j/93864522595?pwd=NDFBNHpDcGUxbjdibUdxbVBod1dxQT09 Meeting […]

MDHHS Expands Rapid Response Staffing Resources Statewide for Long-Term Care Facilities Facing Staffing Shortages

MDHHS Expands Rapid Response Staffing Resources Statewide for Long-Term Care Facilities Facing Staffing Shortages

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is expanding its Rapid Response Staffing Resources program which offers assistance to long-term care facilities facing staffing shortages due to COVID-19 across the state. “Since this program launched in July, surge staffing has been in high demand due to staff testing positive during regular COVID-19 testing […]

$4.7 million in additional loans made to 71 businesses through MEDC

$4.7 million in additional loans made to 71 businesses through MEDC

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced today it has awarded an additional $4.7 million in low-interest loans to 71 small businesses in 15 counties across Michigan through the Michigan Small Business Relief Program. Today’s support builds on $4.35 million in loans awarded to 74 businesses through the program in June. To date, a total of 2,879 small businesses […]

MDARD Issues Consumer Advisory for Vlanc+Piür Brand Hand Sanitizers

MDARD Issues Consumer Advisory for Vlanc+Piür Brand Hand Sanitizers

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) issued a Stop-Use and Stop-Removal Order for Vlanc+Piür brand hand sanitizer after finding the products do not protect the public and do not comply with the standards in the Michigan Weights and Measures Act, 1964 Public Act 283. The Stop-Use and Stop-Removal Orders prohibit the sale, […]

Governor Whitmer Signs Order Reopening Gyms and Pools, Permitting Organized Sports With Strict Safety Measures

Governor Whitmer Signs Order Reopening Gyms and Pools, Permitting Organized Sports With Strict Safety Measures

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-176 reopening Michigan’s gyms and pools in those regions where they remain closed and allowing for organized sports practices and competitions to resume in those regions where they remain restricted, subject to strict protections meant to limit spread of the virus. Gyms and pools may begin to reopen on Wednesday, September […]

Men’s and Women’s Cross Country to Compete; MCC Postpones Other Fall Sports to Next Semester

Men’s and Women’s Cross Country to Compete; MCC Postpones Other Fall Sports to Next Semester

Muskegon Community College will limit its Fall 2020 Semester athletic competition to men’s and women’s cross country, while postponing men’s and women’s soccer and women’s volleyball until next semester. “Although moving all sports except cross country to the spring is not ideal, we are living in difficult times and this hopefully will allow us to […]

Boxer Raeese Aleem of Muskegon wins again, still undefeated

Boxer Raeese Aleem of Muskegon wins again, still undefeated

Super bantamweight boxer Raeese “The Beast” Aleem of Muskegon improved his unblemished record to 17 – 0 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT on August 1, 2020. Aleem’s second consecutive fight televised on Showtime, the 30-year-old finished off opponent Marcus Bates by TKO in the 10th round. He was originally scheduled to face 19-0 […]