The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department (WUPHD) and the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) are conducting a bathing beach monitoring program of public beaches. This swimming season will be the 14th consecutive year WUPHD will be monitoring selected public beaches. “KBIC is excited to continue working alongside Western UP Health Department in protecting our waters.…
Baraga County – The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department announces that it has partnered with the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC), Michigan’s State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) and the Michigan National Guard (MING) to provide a free community wide COVID-19 test site. The event will be held this Friday, June 19, 2020, from 11 am…
June 15, 2020 – The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department (WUPHD) announces that it will discontinue the current reporting format for COVID-19 testing numbers in the five-county jurisdiction. WUPHD currently reports out based upon information entered into the Michigan Disease Surveillance System or MDSS. “As community testing has increased, the current reporting system is no…
June 9, 2020 — The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department (WUPHD) received notification today of the first COVID-19 positive case in Keweenaw County. The asymptomatic case was found during preoperative testing protocols at an area hospital. The health Department continues toinvestigate the case. Close contacts include recent visitors from downstate. Additionally, the agency reports another…
HUBBELL – The advisory to avoid walking and biking along a 1,000 foot section of M-26 near the C&H Mineral Building in Hubbell has been lifted. It is now safe to resume activity in the right-of way of the highway. In April of 2018, the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department issued a warning for people…
May 26, 2020 – The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department is investigating two unrelated new positive COVID-19 cases in Houghton County. The first person recently traveled from another state to visit family. Local testing reports will list this case as a non-Michigan positive whilethey recover in the area. The second person recently returned home after…