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| March 10, 2021
What you need to know about COVID-19 variant first identified in South Africa and now in Michigan A “super-spreader” strain of COVID-19 that has ravaged South Africa is now in Michigan. A case of the variant known as B.1.351 was confirmed Monday, March 8, in a young Jackson resident, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. The variant doesn’t make people more ill, but it does appear to be roughly 50% more transmissible than other variants. Here’s what Michiganders need to know (for example, it's not the first worrisome variant in Michigan): READ MORE ►United Kingdom variant of COVID-19 identified in Saginaw County Whitmer signs bulk of coronavirus aid package, but vetoes limits on executive authority Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday signed into law most of the Legislature-approved funding for various COVID-19 response and relief measures, but vetoed $652 million in spending and a tie-barred policy bill limiting the administration’s authority to issue pandemic-related orders. The spending plan, the bulk of which comes from federal funds appropriated to Michigan by Congress, includes funding for vaccines, testing, direct care worker payments and property tax relief, as well as money for addressing learning loss and returning schools to in-person learning. MORE NEWSAnn Arbor Art Fairs are back (for now) The annual Ann Arbor Art Fairs are expected to return in July, with organizers of the Summer Art Fair taking over the South University section. The annual event, which organizers canceled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, typically includes four fairs: the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, the Original; State Street Art Fair; The Guild’s Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair and South University Art Fair. This year, however, it will run as three fairs from Thursday, July 15 to Sunday, July 18, according to the event website. MORE With life slowly starting to regain normalcy, things are looking up when it comes to putting butts in seats at University of Michigan sporting events this fall. In a video conference call with reporters on Tuesday, school athletic director Warde Manuel said Michigan is “planning for fans” at its 107,601-seat football stadium in Ann Arbor. The public has been barred from events since last March, when the COVID-19 virus pandemic hit the United States. MORE ►Emoni Bates repeats as high school basketball All-American The extremely rare, and even harder to spot, “ghost cat” has been sighted in Michigan a confirmed 65 times in the past 13 years, according to the Department of Natural Resources. While cougars were originally native to Michigan, but were eliminated from the state around the turn of the 20th century. However, Michigan sightings were becoming more frequent in the mid- to late 2000s. In response, the DNR created the cougar team in 2008 to review and verify reports. READ MORE Get your local news 24/7 Ann Arbor | Bay City | Flint | Grand Rapids Connect with MLive
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