| December 10, 2021 
 Famed Michigan attorney Geoffrey N. Fieger has filed two $100 million federal lawsuits against the Oxford Community School District on behalf of two students affected by the Nov. 30 mass shooting. The suits name the school district, Superintendent Timothy Throne, Oxford High School Principal Steven Wolf, Dean of Students Ryan Moore, two counselors, two teachers, and a staff member. Ethan R. Crumbley, a 15-year-old sophomore allegedly opened fire inside the high school. His bullets fatally wounded four students — Madisyn Baldwin, 17; Tate Myre, 16; Hana St. Juliana, 14; and Justin Shilling, 17 — and wounded six more students and one teacher. “The horror of November 30, 2021, was entirely preventable,” the suits state. “Each and every Defendant named herein created and increased the dangers then-existing at Oxford High School.” READ MORE  Health care workers, in the midst of a crushing swell in COVID-19 hospitalizations, are more concerned about what is right before them than the fast-spreading omicron variant. “If you are a threat level of DEFCON (1)… How can you go higher than that?” said Dr. Jon Sangeorzan, an infectious disease specialist at McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey. “It’s the serenity prayer. Control the things I can control and move from day to day. and those things I can’t control, we’re just dealing as they come.” READ MORE  Michigan lawmakers would put $1.2 billion in federal coronavirus aid towards COVID-19 testing, recruiting more health care workers and providing monoclonal antibody treatments to residents under a spending bill unveiled in the state House this week. The plan would put an additional $667 million towards COVID-19 testing overall, $300 million of which would be dedicated to getting test kits to schools. Another $100 million would go to employers testing unvaccinated workers, and $90 million would contribute to vaccination efforts in the state. READ MORE  Have you been thinking about this approaching winter storm since we mentioned it in yesterday's newsletter? Well, the first alert has been issued of where the most dangerous winter travel weather is likely with the powerful storm. A winter storm watch has been issued for northern Lower Michigan and much of the Upper Peninsula. The winter storm watch goes into effect Friday evening and continues through to Saturday evening. The winter storm watch has a southern edge that extends through Manistee, Cadillac, Houghton Lake, Gladwin and Standish. READ MORE  One of the best-kept secrets of Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore? It’s absolutely stunning in winter.Though Sleeping Bear’s iconic sand beaches have long made the place a popular summer destination, winter delivers stillness, splendor and plenty of snow, making the 70,000-acre park an incredible setting for seasonal adventures. To help you embrace Sleeping Bear’s most underrated season, we’ve rounded up five surprising reasons to visit during the coldest, darkest months of the year. READ MORE Get your local news 24/7 Connect with MLive
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