| April 7, 2021 
 Marlena’s Bistro has become a national symbol for conservatives outraged by government restrictions to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic. Attention was drawn to the business and it's owner Marlena Pavlos-Hackney when she was jailed for continuously violating COVID-19 restrictions. The small Holland restaurant attracted conspiracy theorists and right-wing activists who argued the jailing of the eatery's owner reveals a plot by communist “tyrants” to strip Americans of their civil liberties. “It’s in line with broader government ideas and conspiracies that have been around for decades about the government using some sort of crisis, which may be real or fabricated, to violate your rights,” said Sam Jackson, from University at Albany, who studies extremist groups. READ MORE ►Michigan's COVID health orders carry the weight of law, have not been proven 'unconstitutional'  After topping the previous seven-day record for COVID-19 vaccinations for the sixth consecutive week, Michigan’s count is up to 2,977,378 residents who have received at least one dose. As of April 4, Michigan has administered 4,706,383 doses of vaccine. About 36.5% of the state’s 16 and older population is partially vaccinated, and almost 23% is fully vaccinated, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Those first-dose recipients now include Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who publicly got it Tuesday at Ford Field. MORE  The system to evaluate winter severity is called the Accumulated Winter Season Severity Index. It encompasses weather items like when the first snow fell, how much snow fell in a season and how many days were below certain cold temperature thresholds. We utilized this system to check out exactly how wimpy this winter was. If you have spent some previous winters in Michigan, you already know instinctually that this was a very mild winter. But now you have the science to back that up. It's right here in this story: MORE
 Back in the early-1990s, Matt Timme ran the court like a gazelle as a 6-foot-8 big man for Muskegon Reeths-Puffer’s basketball team. Fast forward 30 years, and his son is doing that and more as Gonzaga’s 6-10, 235-pound star sophomore and media darling during the NCAA Tournament. Sure, Gonzaga didn't quite finish their season the way they wanted, as Baylor took them down in the National Championship game Monday night, but this story is still worth telling. The Timme family is definitely a basketball family. Check it out: MORE  Your well-meaning backyard bird feeders might also be feeding some unintended guests: white-tailed deer. Allowing or encouraging deer to congregate around food sources in your yard can raise the risk of deer spreading diseases such as chronic wasting disease (CWD) and bovine tuberculosis to other deer, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Baiting and recreational feeding of deer is illegal throughout the Lower Peninsula and the Core CWD Area in the Upper Peninsula. But even bird feeders can cause deer to congregate. MORE Get your local news 24/7 Connect with MLive
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