The Munising Downtown Development Authority is accepting grant applications for Spring 2023 Flower/Beautification Grants and Fiscal 2023/2024 Facade Improvement Grants. Businesses can receive matching funds up to $500 for flower/ beautification grants and up to $2,500 for facade grants.
These students were named to the honor roll at Superior Central for the third marking period of the 2022-23 school year. An asterisk (*) denotes all A’s.
Success in our schools overloaded the news section of this week’s edition, and for good reason. In and out of the classroom, Alger County students have worked hard to improve themselves. It’s been through plays, through trades, through sports and through social activities. They play instruments, volunteer and show leadership that will help strengthen the community, both now and for as long as they stay in the area. The trophy cases at all of the schools in Alger County are full for various reasons and, personally, I’m proud of every single one of them for their efforts.
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore park rangers will return to the library on Monday, May 1 at 10:30am for our final preschool storytime of the school year. Please join us for a Ranger Read Along about patterns and math in spring, play themed activity games, and make a flower craft to take home! This program is open to families with children age 7 and under. This will be our final Talespinner’s Storytime for the school year as we shift our attention to preparing for our Summer Reading Program.
Some people believe the only reason tuition at Michigan’s state universities has been going up is that state lawmakers have not given the schools enough money to keep tuition down. Is that true? Theoretically, lawmakers could write checks so large that colleges would then be able to bring down tuition.
Local State Senator Ed McBroom was on the losing side of a 29-9 vote that would remove an unpopular and rarely enforced cohabitation law from the books. The Michigan Senate passed a bill on Wednesday, April 19, to remove an unenforced provision from the state’s law that makes it a misdemeanor for unmarried couples to live together.
Representative Jack Bergman (R-Watersmeet) is supporting a new GOP spending bill called the “Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023”, which would raise the debt ceiling by $1.5 billion or until March 2024, whatever happens first.
A total of 104 cases of blastomycosis (both confirmed and probable) have been identified among employees, contractors, and visitors of the Billerud Paper Mill in Escanaba. Thirteen of these cases have resulted in hospitalization and there has been one previously reported death associated with the outbreak. These numbers are the latest update from Public Health Delta & Menominee Counties (PHDM), the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Local State Representative Jenn Hill (D-Marquette) voted in favor of Michigan Senate Bill 63, a bipartisan proposal introduced to expand the capacity of sinking funds by public school districts. The vote occurred on Thursday, April 20, passing with a 6145 approval in the house chamber.
The USS Cleveland encountered an issue during its sidewash-launch when it collided with a tugboat. The incident occurred at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin, where the Freedom-variant of the Littoral Combat Ship are constructed. The U.S. Navy issued a statement confirming that the ship made unintended contact with the supporting tug during the launch, resulting in minor damage to the USS Cleveland above the waterline. No personnel were harmed, and there was no flooding. The Navy spokesperson attributed the incident to a “miscommunication” that caused the tugboat’s proximity to the ship.
