State officials say they are concerned about a new variant of COVID-19 that's been found in Michigan. At the same time 'Let them Play', a group of student athletes and parents, are looking into suing the state as a way to open up high school sports. This is your news roundup for Monday, January 25.  

A well-known ski resort in Michigan is still closed due to a lack of snow. Mount Bohemia in the Keweenaw Peninsula is feeling the effects of a warm winter.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer and state health officials say they are very concerned about a new variant of COVID-19 that’s been found in Michigan.

Health officials are using an old technology to help vaccine people against COVID-19.

  …This week on Homespun, we’ll celebrate Dolly Parton’s 75th birthday, along with the 75th Anniversary of Bluegrass Music and  tracks from Flatt & Scruggs! We’ll also hear new music from Clawhammer banjo master Adam Hurt, and look back on  this week in 1975 with Bob Dylan’s “Blood on the Tracks album! Tune in Sunday at 3PM.

High school athletes and their parents continue to advocate for opening up sports. The group ‘Let Them Play’ has hired a law firm to explore suing the state in order to open up sports like basketball.

A Michigan county Republican party is censuring GOP Congressman Fred Upton for voting to impeach former President Trump.

It may take until next year for Michigan health officials to reach their goal of inoculating three-quarters of residents over the age of 15 against COVID-19, unless more doses of vaccine are made available.