May 2025

Editor’s note: This article is a revised version of Reino Akkala’s “A Troubled Time in Rock River Township,” originally published in 1995 in the Alger County Historical Society’s Alger Footprints. Part 1 of this story appeared in the May 9 issue of The Beacon.

Wood products are part of the lifeblood of our existence. We may not often think about wood in our lives, but it is essential and wood shows up in thousands of ways in many forms.

Looking ahead this month, please note: Munising School Public Library will be closed on Saturday, May 24, for high school graduation day, as well as the following Monday, May 26, for Memorial Day.

The maple syrup industry in northern Michigan is facing major setbacks following a late March ice storm that devastated forests across the region.