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This week, we’re taking a look at how tribal nations in Oklahoma are dealing with the coronavirus, and Netflix sensation “Tiger King” sent people flocking to a rural Oklahoma zoo.

The governor calls for a special session, enforcing the playground closures and how one gym is honoring its mission to promote health and wellness in the metro.

The 1918 influenza epidemic is believed to have caused more than 130 deaths in Monroe County, Michigan, from fall 1918 to summer 1919. This is an audio rendition of a history article written by Suzanne Nolan Wisler for The Monroe News; narration and audio production by Paula Wethington for The Monroe News.

“From the get-go the idea was to take an underutilized park, bring some life to it, bring some children to it, make it so it’s usable,” DaSilva said. “My goal is to see if we can make something beautiful out of something that has been ugly.”