LANSING - To keep students learning during extended school closures, Michigan families now have access to free digital content from more than 70 high-quality online learning courses youth can access from home, from Michigan Virtual, formerly known as Michigan Virtual University. In addition, educators also have access to a host of online professional development resources
PETOSKEY - Petoskey Plastics, a Northern Michigan manufacturing company, has begin manufacturing 10,000 gowns per day to supply McLaren Health Care hospitals across the state. "This urgent, proactive action by Petoskey Plastics will help maintain the safety of thousands of patients and staff across the state of Michigan," said Todd Burch, chief executive officer of
CALUMET - Calumet Electronics has its 290 employees working around the clock to produce printed circuit boards for breaching ventilators used to treat patients with COVID-19, better known as Coronavirus. The Upper Peninsula company typically produces more than 500,000 printed circuit boards every year for the American medical device industry. Now output is ramping up
LANSING, Mich. –The Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s Pure Michigan Business Connect program is now offering a free, online procurement platform to assist suppliers of critical health and human services across a broad range of categories access critical supplies and products as they respond to the COVID-19 outbreak. The platform will make virtual introductions between vetted
LANSING - Michigan’s licensed distilleries are now permitted to produce ethanol-based hand sanitizers in order to help meet demand as the state of Michigan mitigates the spread of COVID-19. “Even in times of crisis, Michiganders have shown their willingness to step up and help each other,” said Governor Whitmer. “I am profoundly grateful for the
LANSING - Please click here to review the application details and requirements for the SBA Disaster Recovery Loans. As a reminder, there are credit requirements: a credit history acceptable to SBA and applicants must show the ability to repay the loan. Businesses Can Get Cash Now To Weather COVID19 Pandemic Businesses that need cash now
LANSING - Michigan public health officials on Saturday reported a fifth death of a resident with the coronavirus, with 238 positive tests statewide. Detroit alone reported 99 new cases, bringing the city’s total to 248, nearly a third of the state's 787 total infections. Four of the deaths were in Wayne County, with three in Detroit. The fifth
LANSING - Patrick Anderson, CEO of the Lansing-based Anderson Economic Group, which provides economic analysis for private companies, nonprofits and governments, predicts as many as 1.4 million of the state’s 4.7 million workers will be displaced in the next 45 days. “We have to deal with the huge number of Michigan residents who will be
TRAVERSE CITY – Two Traverse City companies are working together to offer drive-through COVID-19 testing centers that would include the tent to house staff and the software that would facilitate testing and samples that would be sent to laboratories to determine if the person tested has coronavirus. Russell Schindler, CEO of SampleServe, has spent more
SEATTLE - Amazon has temporarily suspended the shipment of all items from independent merchants to its warehouses that are not medical supplies or “high-demand” products. This temporary suspension will go through 5 April as the e-commerce giant prioritises products relating to combating the growing coronavirus pandemic. “We are temporarily prioritising household staples, medical supplies and other high-demand
