West Central Michigan News

Whitmer ignores Hoitenga's call for COVID-19 restriction repeal

By Karen Kidd | Nov 12, 2020

A Republican Lower Peninsula lawmaker's appeal to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to repeal the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services' (MDHHS) COVID-19 restrictions seems to have fallen on deaf ears.

Mecosta County sheriff not strictly enforcing stay-at-home orders as businesses reopen

By Karen Kidd | Jun 10, 2020

Mecosta County businesses are reopening after the ongoing pandemic's first wave, and that means that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's executive orders can expect to be met with some leniency from Sheriff Todd Purcell, according to Pioneer.

From Capitol News

'They didn't say it': crowd fails to respond with Tlaib impeachment pejorative directed at Trump at rally

By Karen Kidd | 5 years ago

Freshman U.S. House Rep. Rashida Harbi Tlaib is trying to make profane language directed at President Donald Trump into a slogan for her 2020 re-election campaign but recently found that at least some of her supporters haven't gotten the memo.