ANN ARBOR, MI – Due to their union contract, nurses at Michigan Medicine are not required to receive full COVID-19 vaccination.
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Vaccinations not required for Michigan Medicine nurses due to union contract
As part of the University of Michigan’s mandate, Michigan Medicine staff members are required to receive full COVID-19 vaccination.
Unless there’s a union contract allowing people to refuse one. And that is the case with the Michigan Nurses Association.
Hospital and union officials confirmed the collective bargaining agreement between the two groups only encourages vaccines for nurses rather than mandates them.
Proud Boy ‘Afghan refugee hunting permit’ stickers found on University of Michigan campus
Several Proud Boy stickers marked as “Afghan refugee hunting permits” were discovered on the University of Michigan campus by a student recently.
A student spotted the insensitive stickers and reported them to police on Sunday, Sept. 12, according to Rick Fitzgerald, University of Michigan spokesman.
‘Bad news’ for displaced University of Michigan students: Move-in delayed until November
Hundreds of displaced University of Michigan students have had the move-in date at their apartment complex delayed twice.
Early on Monday, Sept. 13, it was pushed back a third time. This time to November.
The One, an Ann Arbor apartment complex, originally delayed move-in for nearly 600 UM students from Aug. 24 to Sept. 9 due to COVID-19 pandemic-related construction issues. The next week, the deadline was pushed to Sept. 17, as the complex secured hotel housing for hundreds of students.
Dozens of landlords sue Ann Arbor over new renter rights law
A group of local landlords is suing the city of Ann Arbor over a new renter rights law.
The Washtenaw Area Apartment Association and over two dozen landlords filed their federal case against the city in U.S. District Court late last week, claiming the city’s new restrictions on showing occupied apartments to other prospective tenants is a violation of landlords’ constitutional rights.
Man accused of sexual assaulting women in downtown Ann Arbor takes plea deal
A man who swore at his last court hearing he would not fight his sexual assault charges followed through with it Wednesday afternoon.
Pierre Antonio-Deshant Holloway pleaded guilty Wednesday, Sept. 15, to three felony counts in connection with a string of sexual assaults committed against woman in downtown Ann Arbor in July.
‘A real gem’: Township to review final plans for 264-unit development north of Ann Arbor
Plans for a development on 79 acres of rural Northfield Township farmland are set to enter final approval stages this week, although permitting processes could still delay the beginning of construction.
Chestnut Development, LLC, a Howell-based company, has submitted plans for 56 single-family homes and 208 multi-family units, each with two-car garages, at the intersection of Whitmore Lake Road and North Territorial Road.
Ann Arbor aims to lead by example while promoting sustainable, plant-based diets
Ann Arbor’s A2Zero carbon-neutrality plan calls for spending over $200,000 promoting plant-rich diets over the next decade to get residents eating less meat.
“Eating less meat and more fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains, nuts and seeds is known to reduce one’s environmental footprint and improve one’s overall health,” the plan states, outlining a strategy to educate the community about the benefits of more vegan and vegetarian meals.
With eviction protections gone, Washtenaw County races to distribute COVID rental aid
With the federal eviction moratorium blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court and some $14 million in rental assistance still on the table for Washtenaw County tenants, officials are racing to distribute funds to renters who could be at risk of eviction because of unpaid rent.
That’s roughly 6,000 households across the county, according to an estimate by the National Equity Atlas, whose researchers put the total rental debt at $17 million.
Michigan chef makes Food & Wine’s best new chefs list
Ji Hye Kim, owner of Kerrytown’s Miss Kim and recent recipient of an award from Food & Wine Magazine, never set out to be an award-winner. For her, a passion for cooking was an instinct.
Kim, originally from South Korea, had been shooed out of the kitchen by her mother for most of her life, who told her that she was “born a woman and was going to end up in the kitchen whether I liked it or not,” so it was better to wait until she was older.
Two decades later, families of 9/11 victims with Washtenaw County ties still wrestle with grief
The impact of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks was felt all over the nation -- including here in Michigan.
At least 42 people who died in the attacks grew up, attended school or had family members in the state, according to the Michigan Remembers 9-11 Fund, though the group continues to look for more people with local connections.
Several people who died had ties to Washtenaw County, including Alicia Titus.
See which Washtenaw County students are National Merit Scholarship semifinalists
Eighty-four Washtenaw County high school students are among the approximately 16,000 semifinalists for the National Merit Scholarship.
The semifinalists, who were announced Wednesday, Sept. 15, have an opportunity to compete for 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $30 million that will be offered next spring
Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the finalist level of the competition. About 95% of semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and approximately half of the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship.
Ann Arbor man donates kidney to help lifelong friend move up on transplant list
Steve Shalit and Mark Klein, now in their late 60s, grew up in Ann Arbor, but their friendship has endured decades.
The men tightened the bonds of that friendship recently when Klein donated his kidney in order for Shalit to move up in the kidney transplant list. He would have just donated his kidney directly, but their blood types were not a match.
Mikel Prieto, surgical director and and doctor at the Mayo Clinic, the facility that oversaw the transplant, said It’s a relatively uncommon transplant scenario, accounting for about 10 percent of their cases.
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