Monthly Archives: March 2020

Updated to include St. John Livestream Schedule (Updated March 22, 2020  9:13 AM) Fr. Tim McDonald, Pastor of Queen of the Miraculous Medal Parish will broadcast Sunday Mass on Facebook at 11 AM Sunday.   The church began conducting a daily Facebook live-streamed Mass Saturday.  In a letter to parishioners, Fr. McDonald said, “It is just Jesus, me and a camera - no organ, no congregation, no collection and no pageantry.  God speaks to us in every Mass - to all of us collectively and to each of us as individuals.  We just need to listen, not just with our ears but also with our hearts.” he said.  “There's a great app for smart phones called iMissal that can arm you with the prayers and the readings and the Creed should you desire to follow along more closely.”  To view the Queens livestream,   click here:  (or here) https://www.facebook.com/queenschurch/ https://queenschurch.com/ St. John the Evangelist Parish will also livestream Mass Sunday.  St. John will broadcast at 10 AM.  Pastor Chas Canoy said,  "The Mother Church of Jackson is live-streaming at 10:00am.   And we will have music!"  To view the St. John livestream, click here. https://www.facebook.com/saintjohnjackson    

(March 21, 2020 6:25 PM) The Michigan Department of Attorney General is canceling the Consumer Protection tip line hours for Sunday as the office implements a program to allow employees to work from home. The call lines were staffed by department employees and legislators who agreed to help staff the office's Consumer Protection tip line: Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, state Sens. Curtis Hertel Jr. and Jeremy Moss, and Reps. Julie Brixie, Christine Greig, Jim Haadsma, Kara Hope, Sheryl Kennedy, Matt Koleszar, Laurie Pohutsky, Yousef Rabhi and Angela Witwer, and Wayne County Commissioner David Knezek, who is also Nessel's director of legislative affairs. Generally, the phone lines are operated from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Attorney General's office has received a high volume of consumer complaints of price-gouging related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Complaints may be filed online or by calling the Consumer Protection tip line at 877-765-8388.

(March 21, 2020 3:56 PM) Michigan reported 238 coronavirus (COVID-19) positive test cases today, pushing the state reported total to 787. The State of Michigan is reporting two COVID-19-related deaths today, bringing the state total to 5.  Deaths reported today were in the City of Detroit and in Oakland County. No new cases were reported for Jackson County.  Jackson County has one positive COVID-19 case which was announced on Tuesday. The state updates its totals at 2 PM each day.  The numbers often do not reflect an individual county’s case count because the counties may report confirmed cases a day earlier than the state. The state is now reporting positive tests as of 10 a.m. on the same day. The daily report from the State now includes results from commercial and clinical labs who recently began providing COVID-19 testing. No new cases were reported for Jackson County.  Jackson County has one positive COVID-19 case which was announced on Tuesday. MDHHS is currently receiving reports from commercial labs LabCorp and Quest Diagnostics and several clinical labs including Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, the Beaumont Hospital Network, Henry Ford Health System and the MDHHS Bureau of Laboratories (BOL). Daily Confirmed COVID-19 Cases by…

(March 21, 2020 3:39 PM) Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued an alert for consumers to be aware of phishing emails sent by scammers seeking to obtain your personal information and money.   Staff within the Michigan Department of Attorney General were subjected to a phishing scam today as they were led to believe they had received an email from AG Nessel requesting they purchase eBay gift cards then text the PINs to a specific number.  "This attempt is just another reminder that scammers are relentless and will stop at nothing to bamboozle us out of our hard-earned funds -- even when our country is facing a crisis," said Nessel. "I want to urge all Michiganders to remain on high alert and report any of this behavior to my office."  Although these phishing emails use a certain set of ingredients such as a sense of urgency and believable stories or connections, recipients should pay close attention to the following:   The name listed on the “from” line is not an indication of who is emailing! Pay close attention to the actual email address. If that email address doesn’t match up with what you know to be correct or is abnormally long, it’s likely a phishing scam.  …