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WATERVLIET WINS Commuter bikes on the SOFTBALL DISTRICT TITLE way for veterans Sports, C1 Local, A3 WEEKEND EDITION TheHP.com @HeraldPalladium $3 JUNE 5-6, 2021 HeraldPalladium HeraldPalladium Berrien County COVID-19 cases plummet Berrien County recorded a day this week. That’s down Vaccine and click on “Access Cass County recorded 15 Region boasts lowest number of new cases 268 recoveries this week and from an average of 16 a day state’s vaccine data.” new COVID-19 cases this since July 2020; no deaths this week no new deaths. last week and 19 per day the week and no new deaths. The With deaths and recoveries, week before. Van Buren, Cass county recorded 22 new cas- By ALEXANDRA NEWMAN week, down from 86 cases the county is at about 446 ac- Michigan did not update its The number of new es last week and 40 new cases HP Staff Writer last week and 126 cases the tive COVID-19 cases. That’s COVID-19 vaccine data be- COVID-19 cases in Van Bu- the week before. week before. The county down from 675 last Friday fore press time Friday. ren and Cass counties contin- In total, Van Buren Coun- The number of new hadn’t recorded under 50 and 852 the Friday before that. Berrien County was nearing ued their descent this week. ty has recorded 6,637 COVID-19 cases this week new cases in a week since COVID hospitalizations at 50 percent of residents (12 Van Buren County recorded COVID-19 cases and 115 in Berrien County dropped to early July 2020. Spectrum Health Lakeland and up) with at least one dose 20 new COVID-19 cases this deaths. Cass County has re- levels that haven’t been seen With the incredible drop in continue to trend downward mid-week. week and no new deaths. The corded 4,774 cases and 71 since last summer. new cases has also come a as well. To explore the most up to county recorded 58 new cas- deaths. The county recorded 39 steady number of recoveries The hospital averaged about date vaccine data, by county, es last week and 48 new cases Contact: [email protected], new COVID-19 cases this and fewer deaths. 12 COVID-positive patients visit michigan.gov/COVID the week before. 932-0357, Twitter: @HPANewman Man charged in Benton Twp. fatal shooting By JULIE SWIDWA gunshot wound to his chest, HP Staff Writer and was pronounced dead at the hospital. Detective BENTON TOWNSHIP Lt. Michael DenDooven — In a strange turn of said Davis had been a pas- events, a man who was shot senger in the car when he earlier this week is now a was shot. murder suspect. Parker-Hersey had told James Parker-Hersey, police at the original scene 18, of Benton Harbor, was that he was standing out- arrested in connection side, heard gunshots and with the shooting death realized he’d been shot. of Miquan Davis, 20, also Witnesses told police of Benton Harbor. Park- that what had started as an er-Hersey was arrested on armed robbery situation re- charges of felony murder, sulted in several gunshots armed robbery and felony being fi red. fi rearms, according to a DenDooven said that news release. following further investi- Photos by Don Campbell / HP staff Benton Township po- gation, Parker-Hersey was Mary Nykamp, a civil engineer / project manager at Wightman, works on a project at her desk at the company’s Benton Harbor office lice were called at about arrested Thursday without on Thursday. Nykamp returned to her office three weeks ago after working from home since last year due to the pandemic. 11:30 p.m. Wednesday to incident. an area on Union Street The Berrien County Sher- outside the Briarwood iff’s Department Evidence Apartments on a report of a Technician Unit assisted Back to the water cooler shooting. Benton Township police at There, they found Park- the scene. er-Hersey with a gunshot The investigation is on- wound to the left hip. He going and anyone with Companies adjust was taken by Medic 1 am- information is asked to bulance to Lakeland Med- call the Benton Township as workforce ical Center, St. Joseph, Police Department’s De- where he underwent sur- tective Bureau at 925-1135 returns to offices gery for the non-life-threat- or Crime Stoppers at 800- By TONY WITTKOWSKI ening injury, police said. 342-STOP. HP Local News Editor Meanwhile, Davis was Contact: [email protected], driven to Lakeland with a 932-0359, Twitter @HPSwidwa Parking lots are expect- ed to fi ll up this summer, as thousands of Southwest Michigan employees return to the workplace following a Facebook suspends 15-month hiatus. Since June 1, workers who have been working remotely Trump for 2 years, during the COVID-19 pan- demic were able to return to in-person work after 55 per- then will reassess cent of the state’s adult pop- ulation received at least one By BARBARA ORTUTAY Facebook also announced dose of the vaccine. AP Technology Writer that it would end a conten- “Humans are social crea- tious policy that automati- tures. I think there is so Wightman is using a hybrid model with employees working both from home and at the company’s Facebook announced Fri- cally exempted politicians much to be gained by human Benton Harbor office. day that former President from rules banning hate interaction,” said Matt Da- Donald Trump’s accounts speech and abuse, and that vis, president of Wightman. social distance, provided effect through the summer of social distancing.” will be suspended for two it would stiffen penalties for “There are a lot of bene- they have a policy to ensure months and change again Martin said they’re hope- years, freezing his presence public fi gures during times fi ts for working remotely, non-vaccinated individuals after Labor Day weekend. ful workers come back on a on the social network un- of civil unrest and violence. but there’s a lot of joy that continue to follow these re- On Sept. 7, both vaccinated voluntary basis over the next til early 2023, following a The former president comes from getting together. quirements. and unvaccinated employees three months. fi nding that Trump stoked called Facebook’s deci- I’m looking forward to more Whirlpool Corp., one of will return with the option of As of last week, about 25 violence ahead of the dead- sion on the suspension “an of that.” the largest employers in the working virtually two days a to 30 percent of Whirlpool’s ly Jan. 6 insurrection at the insult.” The two-year ban Davis said employees region, is taking a phased week. workforce has returned to Capitol. replaced a previous ruling have already begun return- approach in bringing em- “We’ve learned a lot over buildings in the Twin Cities. At the end of the suspen- that ordered Trump to be ing to the architectural and ployees back to its Twin City the last 18 months,” Martin Martin said engineers and sion, the company will as- suspended indefi nitely. engineering fi rm’s offi ces locations. said, as a number of Whirl- lab technicians working with sess whether Trump’s “risk “They shouldn’t be al- throughout the region. Carey Martin, senior vice pool offi ces around the products have already been to public safety” has subsid- lowed to get away with this In May, Gov. Gretchen president and chief human world were affected sooner at their respective facilities ed, Nick Clegg, Facebook’s censoring and silencing, Whitmer shared an updated resources offi cer at Whirl- than ones in Berrien Coun- because their jobs required vice president of global af- and ultimately, we will win. workplace guidance from pool, said they began to ty. “We wanted to prioritize it. fairs, wrote in a blog post. Our Country can’t take this the Michigan Occupational allow vaccinated offi ce em- our employees’ health and During the transition, the He said Facebook will take abuse anymore!” Trump Safety and Health Admin- ployees to return to the com- safety and to strike the right Benton Harbor appliance into account “external fac- said in a news release. istration (MIOSHA). Em- pany’s buildings as of June 1 balance. We’ve learned new maker is not asking its vac- tors” such as instances of Social platforms like ployers may now allow ful- – with a 50 percent capacity ways about keeping the fa- cinated employees to wear violence, restrictions on Facebook and Twitter have ly vaccinated employees to limit in mind. cilities clean and disinfected peaceful assembly and oth- not wear face coverings and The format will stay in and stressing the importance See WORKFORCE, page A5 er markers of civil unrest. 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