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television coverage this coming Tuesday for election results, make sure to also
check in with PAA’s Election Tracker on our website at www.paaonline.com.
Meningitis Death Toll Rises to Seven
The U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC)
announced three more meningitis deaths, two of which occurred in Michigan, bringing
the total to 28 deaths caused by the contaminated steroids. Only Tennessee’s
eleven deaths is a higher single-state total than Michigan’s. The latest two
are a 64-year-old Wayne County woman and an 81-year-old Charlevoix County
woman.
Schwartz
Endorses Pestka
Former U.S. Congressman Joe Schwartz, the well-known
Battle Creek Republican, has endorsed the campaign of Democrat Steve Pestka for
the 3rd U.S. Congressional District seat. Mr. Pestka, the former
State Representative and current Judge, is challenging incumbent U.S.
Congressman Justin Amash (R-Grand Rapids).