The Ark announced Friday it is canceling this year's Ann Arbor Folk Festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On Thursday, the Washtenaw County Health Department released a statement about the legality of its emergency orders for educational settings.

Washtenaw County health officials have issued an emergency order that will require face masks to be worn at all K-12 schools this fall.

We’re tracking which Michigan school districts and colleges are requiring face masks to be worn during the upcoming school year amid the ongoing COVID pandemic.

All school districts in Wayne County will be required to enforce a mask mandate for the upcoming school year after health officials released new guidance.

"We feel it necessary to take this precaution instead of shutting down the building," said superintendent Chuck Hughes.

"The Board’s decision to recommend masks for our students and staff was based solely on the CDC’s return-to-school guidelines, which is not a health mandate."

A Hartland elementary school has issued a mask mandate after several students have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.

Face masks will be required to be worn inside all Plymouth-Canton Community Schools district buildings until at least Oct. 31, 2021.

Allen Park’s public school district has adopted a universal masking policy for the upcoming school year amid the ongoing pandemic.

Face masks will be required to be worn inside all Dearborn Public Schools buildings at least until Oct. 1, 2021.

Utica Community Schools is the largest school district in Macomb County and it is opting to start mask optional for fall semester. Superintendent Robert Monroe said it depends on parents and the choices they and their students make as to whether that can continue.

All students attending Warren Consolidated Schools (WCS) this fall will be required to wear face masks as COVID-19 continues to spread throughout Metro Detroit and Michigan.

We’re tracking which Michigan school districts and colleges are requiring face masks to be worn during the upcoming school year amid the ongoing COVID pandemic.

Michigan is allowing individual districts and county health departments to make mask policy -- a move education groups call a cop out.

With most students and educators returning to in-person learning this fall amid the ongoing pandemic, several questions still remain about how things will operate in the classroom.

Students at Chippewa Valley Schools will not be required to wear face masks when heading back to the classroom this fall.

There is a sign out front of the Michigan First Credit Union in Eastpointe is asking people not to wear a mask.

The decision by the Grosse Pointe Public Schools to start the school year with masks optional has parents divided.

U-M's President Mark Schlissel said individuals walking outdoors on campus can go mask-free.