June 2025

Budget for 2025-26 is approved by commission

June 19, 2025

The Munising City Commission on June 4 adopted the city’s 2025-26 budget, approved a multi-year capital improvement plan and heard extensive public comment regarding marina slip allocation and city communications.

Trail 422 stalemate continues as clock ticks

June 19, 2025

The debate over Trail 422 returned to the Alger County Road Commission this week as board members once again found themselves deadlocked on whether to reopen a critical stretch of H-58 for snowmobile access ahead of winter.

June 19, 2025

Everet V. McNally, age 66, of Munising died Monday, June 9,

June 19, 2025

Gregory “Mo” “Abe” E. Mahoski Jr., age 59, of Munising died Monday, May 19, 2025, at his home. A memorial gathering will take place on Saturday, June 21, 2025, from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. at the Bear Trap. Greg’s obituary and online guestbook may be viewed and signed at bowermanfuneralhome. net.

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June 19, 2025

Summer’s rolling in strong, and so is the local lineup. Whiskey Ryan’s just about everywhere this week — East Channel, Bayshore, even Nahma — and the 31st Summer Concerts in the Park series kicked off Tuesday at Bayshore Park. From classic rock to indie, free music runs every Tuesday through August.

June 19, 2025

It was Palm Sunday. Because of a sore throat, however, 5-year-old Johnny stayed home from church with a sitter. When the family returned home, they were carrying several palm fronds. Johnny asked them what they were for.

ACCOA: Meals, care, peace of mind for seniors

June 19, 2025

In a county as rural and spread out as Alger, many seniors would be left behind without the services provided by the Alger County Commission on Aging. The Commission on Aging serves nearly 230 clients every week, reaching seniors from Kiva to Grand Marais.

Reflecting on the loss of tree species

June 19, 2025

Michigan forests are not as “pristine” as some in the media would have us believe. Nearly all Lake States forests are the product of severe human disturbance, and all the forests are facing significant threats.

June 19, 2025

In 1991, a team of archaeologists from Michigan Technological University in Houghton conducted a dig on the site of the privy that was once connected to Shelton House, Fayette’s only hotel.

Installing history at Fayette

June 19, 2025

If you had told me when I was working on my public relations degree that one day I would be vacuuming flies out of a 19th-century machine shop, I probably would’ve looked at you a little funny. But here I am.

June 2025

Budget for 2025-26 is approved by commission

Trail 422 stalemate continues as clock ticks

Everet V. McNally

Gregory ‘Mo’ ‘Abe’ E. Mahoski Jr.

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Christ is with each of us every day, not just in the places we call special

ACCOA: Meals, care, peace of mind for seniors

Reflecting on the loss of tree species

MTU team investigated Shelton House privy

Installing history at Fayette