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Federal funding to assist MI health centers battle COVID-19

MARQUETTE, MI--   Two Upper Peninsula health centers are getting additional money to expand COVID-19 testing.

More than $14 million in federal funding is going to 39 centers around the state. It comes from the Department of Health and Human Services as part of the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act.

The Bay Mills Indian Community is getting $143,389, while the Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center will receive $467,779.

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.