| January 10, 2022 
 So you’ve tested for COVID-19 using an at-home test, and the results are positive. Now what do you do? Do you need a PCR test to confirm? Should you call your doctor? The health department? With COVID numbers up as omicron spreads, many are turning to at-home tests when feeling under the weather or learning they have been exposed to the virus. But what happens when you get a positive result? Should you get a PCR test? Who should you tell? How long should you isolate yourself from others? We consulted with medical professionals to get the answers to these questions and more. READ MORE ►How can you tell if your symptoms are a cold, the flu or COVID?  Marlena Pavlos-Hackney spent five days in jail and had her namesake restaurant shuttered five months after she defied state COVID-19 orders. She’s open. Now, she wants payback. For starters, she wants her $15,000 fine back. She paid that to get out of jail. Then, Pavlos-Hackney – a hero among those opposed to the state’s COVID-19 restrictions, and beneficiary of a $333,000 GoFundMe legal fund – wants to show she was treated unfairly by the legal system. Her attorney considers Pavlos-Hackney “perhaps the first political prisoner of the COVID-19 pandemic." READ MORE  Ann Arbor officials are considering using $2 million in federal stimulus funds to launch a program they’ve spent the last year discussing: unarmed 911 response. Such a program would divert calls for non-criminal and non-violent incidents to social workers, medical professionals or other human service providers better suited to respond than armed police, according to city officials. City Council voted last April to direct the city’s administration to institute such a program by the end of 2021 or report back on obstacles and ways to overcome them. READ MORE ►Here are 16 Washtenaw County developments to watch in 2022  Dan Campbell has been one of the most daring head coaches in NFL history all season. Then the season finale rolled around, and he said hold my coffee. On Sunday, Campbell emptied out his playbook with passes by the punter and the receiver and the quarterback (on fourth down) and the quarterback (on a double-reverse flea-flicker) before D’Andre Swift ran for the game-winning touchdown in a dazzling 37-30 victory on Sunday against the Green Bay Packers at Ford Field. And while it means they are taking the No. 2 pick in the NFL draft, Campbell said it was all about building culture and getting wins. READ MORE ►Amon-Ra St. Brown officially becomes greatest rookie receiver in Detroit Lions history  Michiganders love Sleeping Bear Dunes, and it appears we gave the park even more love than usual last year. In 2021 Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore saw more visitors than in any other year in the park’s history. The park in Northwest Lower Michigan welcomed 1,722,955 visitors in 2021, surpassing the previous record of 1,718,696 visitors in 2020. While the pandemic likely attracted some extra visitors in recent years, as people searched for outdoor activites, officials have said these standout visitor counts are part of a long-running overall upward trend at the park. READ MORE ►'Gordy Plow,' 'Alice Scooper' among clever new names for MDOT snowplows Get your local news 24/7 Connect with MLive
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