The Small Business Development Center is hosting a series of webinars starting today through Friday designed at helping small businesses impacted by COVID-19. Today’s webinar is centered around cash flow management. Thursday’s webinar concerns marketing and pivoting and Friday will cover AR and AP Strategies. A link to the SBDC …

Protestors are expected to pack roads around the state capitol in Lansing, to send Governor Whitmer a message that some Michiganders are fed up with her response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Operation Gridlock, as it’s been called by organizers from Michigan’s Conservative Coalition, is a response to Governor Whitmer’s “Stay …

Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services has launched a warmline, for Michiganders with mental health needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. A warmline differs from a hotline in that it deals with a mental health crisis, before it heats up. Warmlines are aimed at providing emotional support, before a crisis …

Taxpayers should start checking their bank accounts to see if their COVID-19 economic impact check has been deposited. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin stated the Department of Treasury is ahead of schedule, in terms of getting the money out to taxpayers, and that close to 80 million Americans should have their …

Michigan legislators have secured $256 million through the CARES Act, for Michigan Airports. The money will be used to help airports throughout the state deal with the loss of revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Whitmer thanked congressional leaders for securing the funding. Upper Peninsula airports which will receive …

Thanks to the Michigan Small Business Relief Grant Program, 80 small businesses across the U.P. will be receiving funding, for normal business expenses such as payroll, rent and utilities, as they battle the COVID-19 pandemic. The 15 counties in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula received $500,000, with the average grant award to …

The Tilden Mine in Marquette County will be closing down for approximately 8 weeks. Economic factors due to COVID-19 were the reason for the temporary shutdown. Cleveland-Cliffs, the owner of Tilden, is also temporarily shutting down Northshore Mining in Minnesota. A small crew will be kept to maintain the facility …

Michigan Tech is taking the fight to COVID-19. In recent weeks, Michigan Tech has developed a mobile utility sanitizer, capable of disinfecting up to 10,000 pieces of personal protective equipment every two hours. The device was transported down state to Taylor, southwest of Detroit, by National Guard members from Calumet, …

The Michigan Chamber of Commerce is reporting that the majority of businesses forced to close during the shutdown, plan on re-opening, once the Governor’s “Stay Home Stay Safe” Executive Order is lifted. The chamber asked it’s members 3 questions. The first was “What do you need to restart and bring …

Houghton County now has a second confirmed case of COVID-19. In a press release from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department, a second case was confirmed late Monday evening. Due to privacy laws, no further information is available. To date, Houghton County has had 126 residents referred for testing, of …