Our Methodist church meets at 312 Lynn St. on Sunday mornings at 10:30 a.m. with Reverend Sandra Kolder. Everyone is welcome! Children from kindergarten3394 through 6th grade are excused for Sunday School after announcements and songs. Following the service, a fellowship lunch is provided downstairs in Wesley Hall.
The Superior Central Cougars have brought home another second-place trophy to Eben Junction, after the boys cross country team finished as runners up in the MHSAA Division 3 U.P. Finals.
Marquette, as expected, retained its D1 title by tying the UPD1 Finals scoring record with 23 points, followed by Houghton with 53 and Sault Ste. Marie with 92.
For the second year in a row, the Munising boys cross country team has taken third place at the MHSAA U.P. Finals.
The Munising Mustangs varsity football team traveled to Eben Junction Saturday, Oct. 21 to take on the Superior Central Cougars in the final game of the season for both teams.
A pair moving back to the Upper Peninsula have brought a new business with them, literally. Brandon Frisk and Shawnee Rajala have opened up Sauna on Kumma, a mobile Finnish sauna.
Eastern Regional Forester Gina Owens has announced the selection of Shannon Rische as the forest supervisor for the Hiawatha National Forest in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where she has served as acting forest supervisor since January 2023.
The fight over the Alger County Animal Shelter was back in the 93rd District Court on Wednesday, June 21, but any immediate action will have to wait until another government acts. The Alger County government and the Humane Society of Alger County are still fighting over the eviction notice that would remove the shelter from the county-owned building in Munising.
The Northern Michigan University women’s soccer team will now join the Wildcat volleyball team on Mackinac Island this fall, as the Green and Gold will meet the Northwood Timberwolves on August 19 at 5 p.m. for a historic exhibition taking place at Great Turtle Park. The game will be played on the same field used by Mackinac Island High School when they host Munising Baptist, Big Bay de Noc and Grand Marais for Northern Lights League soccer games.
A good policy is meaningless unless it’s carried out. Michigan’s teacher evaluation system aims to equip schools to identify and retain high-quality instructors while encouraging ineffective teachers to find another line of work. But school districts have not implemented it.
