NexTech High School Remote Learning with Dan McMinn and More

Justin talks with Dan McMinn about school from home, Wayman Britt, Kent County Administrator, and Mike Lomonaco of the John Ball Zoo.

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Governor Whitmer has declared a “state of disaster” in Michigan as the state reported the total for positive at 9,334. The death is now at 337. 

Twenty percent of Michigan cases are in people ages 50 to 59, and men have accounted for 65% of COVID-19 deaths in the state. 

State data shows the youngest person to die from the virus was 25 and the oldest was 107. 

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This week’s jobs report isn’t expected to be good. 

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Police in Kentwood are investigating a suspected break-in at the Sam's Club located on 28th Street. 

According to authorities, it happened around 1:30 a.m. Thursday. 

The glass on one of the store's front doors was broken, but police did not release many details on the investigation. 

It's not clear if authorities have any suspects in custody -- or if anything was stolen.

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The global tally of coronavirus cases is inching ever closer to the grim 1 million mark. 

In the US,more than 40 spring breakers have tested positive for the virusafter taking a flight from Austin, Texas, to Mexico in defiance of public health advice

Costco and Home Depot are limiting the number of guests inside the store at one time. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/opentable-app-lets-shoppers-reserve-grocery-shopping-times-to-avoid-coronavirus-crowds/ar-BB121MRO

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Chief Medical Executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun will take part in a virtual town hall about the state's response to COVID-19 on Thursday, April 2. 

The event starts at 7 p.m

Notables 

Sunny and milder today.

Blue skies and mild temperatures for the next two days, before showers arrive over the weekend. High near 60

For the first time since the final space shuttle mission in 2011,NASA says astronauts will launch into space aboard an American rocket and spacecraft from American soil. The agency is partnering with SpaceX for a manned SpaceX Demo-2 flight test in May from Kennedy Space Center.

Dolly Parton donates $1.1 million to coronavirus research 

And weeee will always love her

JK Rowling launches 'Harry Potter at Home' hub for bored children 

When all else fails, escape to Hogwarts

Nature documentaries are offering an escape for cooped-up viewers

"Oh right,that'swhat the outside looks like again!"


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