Education

The lone player said to have tested positive prompting others to quarantine, later received three negative test results. Parents think the first test was a false positive.

The father of a 7-year-old Michigan girl whose hair was cut by a teacher without her parents’ permission has filed a $1 million lawsuit.

Pro-mask groups from a dozen counties are lobbying the health department days after some GOP bills that would prevent mask mandates marched through the legislature.

At least 50,000 people were still without power across the state of Michigan by Wednesday afternoon.

The preventative measures call for regular testing and monitoring symptoms for both fully vaccinated and unvaccinated students in districts where masking is mandatory among students that were exposed.

Oakland University classes are resuming as scheduled following an agreement between faculty on strike and the university.

Oakland University and the professors have reached an agreement after three days of a work stoppage that threatened to derail the fall semester.

A school district in Michigan has canceled bus routes after the vendor contracted to provide the routes has canceled the contract, leaving parents in a bind to find ways to get their children to school.

"Newer faculty have been hired in at salaries that are higher than the faculty who are already here," Miller said. "What we want to do is compensate for the lack of raises last year. Also, Oakland University staff compared to other state universities or institutions are underpaid, so we wanted to have a slight lessening of the difference."

The superintendent also said the district has hired 100 more teachers to help reduce the student-to-teacher ratio.

The district also is offering a $500 finder's fee to employees who recommend a successful new hire.

Michigan State University named football alumnus and deputy athletic director Alan Haller as its athletic director.

The Grosse Ile Township School District is currently not providing busing to general education students due to a bus driver shortage.

“Our responsibility is to make sure the kids can learn and focus on that and nothing else,” said Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist.

The two sides are negotiating a new contract for professors and the old one expires at midnight Wednesday. Classes are set to start Thursday.

"Classroom air is brought into that unit - it's treated with high-intensity UVC and then comes back out into the classroom space, as completely sterile air," said Patrick Murphy.

Four female soccer players challenged their school's COVID-19 vaccine requirement, arguing it violated their Christian beliefs.