Michigan Food banks run low so state calls for donations
LANSING (AP) — Businesses around Michigan are being urged to donate food to the Food Bank Council of Michigan and other nonprofits to help restock food pantries struggling to meet demand during the coronavirus pandemic.
With more workers being laid off or furloughed because of the virus crisis, food banks are operating at four times their normal capacity. Meanwhile, the council, which supports more than 3,000 local food banks, soup kitchens and pantries throughout the state, likely won't receive food through a federal program until July.
“Food donations are desperately needed to meet historically high demand at a time when food supplies are dangerously low, and collectively, we can make a huge difference,” Gary McDowell, director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, told The Detroit News.
The department has partnered with the governor’s office and the council to boost the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Initiative, allowing the state to accept supplies, money, or food donations.
So far, food and agriculture businesses like McDonald's of Michigan and Peterson Farms Inc., of Shelby, have made large donations to the program. Other companies have also donated, including the United Dairy Industry of Michigan, which contributed $200,000 in matching grants.
Kent County township wins appeal over medical marijuana site
BYRON TOWNSHIP (AP) — Michigan's medical marijuana law doesn't overrule certain zoning powers of local governments, the state Supreme Court says.
Byron Township near Grand Rapids has an ordinance that bars registered caregivers from growing marijuana at a commercial property. The Michigan appeals court said the ordinance conflicted with the medical marijuana law, which allows cultivation in an “enclosed, locked facility.”
But the Supreme Court, in a unanimous opinion Monday, said the law doesn't stop local governments from regulating land use as long as officials don't prohibit or penalize all medical marijuana cultivation.
The court said Byron Township can also require caregivers to obtain a permit and pay a fee before they use a building to grow medical marijuana.
Police: Bandit skates off after Dunkin’ Donuts stickup
HICKSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A robber wearing in-line skates skated off into the night after sticking up a Dunkin’ Donuts on Long Island, police said.
Nassau County police said the suspect glided into the Hicksville shop around 7:50 p.m. Friday, bought a cup of coffee and then demanded cash while making it seem like he had a gun under his clothing.
The man got away with an undetermined amount of money and was last seen heading in the direction of a Long Island Rail Road station a few blocks away, police said. The Dunkin’ Donuts clerk wasn't hurt.
Along with the skates, the suspect was described as wearing a brown Carhartt jacket, blue sweatpants and — in light of the coronavirus crisis — surgical mask and black rubber gloves, police said.
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