News Staff

News Staff

Updates from United Methodist

Welcome to the United Methodist Church in Munising and Trenary. We are a community active church with many activities and projects for members to participate in. Each month members of our congregation volunteer to distribute food at the Alger Community Food Pantry located in Munising while some serve as Food Pantry Board Members. We contribute many local and global missions.

No dogs, no problem

Grand Marais came together in a flash after the UP 200 was canceled, putting on a special event to help preserve the weekend from both an economic and a cultural experience. Over 1,000 people came from all parts of the Eastern Upper Peninsula to participate in various events to take place of the largest sled dog race in the Lower 48.

GM, Baptist compete in NLL Tournament

The Northern Lights League tournaments are this Friday and Saturday at Hannahville, with nine teams competing for a conference championship. The tournament will also mean the end of the line for numerous teams too small to be in the MHSAA district tournament, including Grand Marais and Munising Baptist.

Girls District 100 tournament set

The MHSAA District 100 girls basketball bracket has been released, with a matchup between the top two seeds of Munising and Superior Central potentially meeting in the finals. Munising (14-5) received the only bye of the five-team district.

Mustangs win another thriller over NC

The Munising Mustangs and North Central Jets have put together many memorable games over the last three years of their rivalry. Another entry was added to that list on Tuesday, Feb. 21, as the Mustangs were able to come from behind to defeat the Jets 62-59 in Munising.

Box scores

Boys Basketball Feb. 21 Paradise 44 Munising Baptist 49 PAR: 6 11 13 14 MB: 15 16 7 11 Leading scorers: PAR: D.

Munising cheer advances to regionals

The Munising Mustang competitive cheer team took third place at the MHSAA District competition, meaning Munising will advance to the regionals this weekend in Grand Rapids. Munising scored a season high 712.14 on their way to a third-place finish. Gladstone won the district with 756.68 points while fellow U.P. team Norway was the first team failing to advance in fifth.

Two qualify for states

Reagan Bowerman and Andrew Cain will represent Munising wrestling at the 2023 MHSAA Individual State Championships, held at Ford Field on March 3-4. The pair both finished in the top four of their weight class at the Charlevoix regional on Saturday, Feb. 18. Andrew Cain lost his first match in the 126-pound division, but won his next two to qualify in the final spot from the 126 pound division. The Mustang pinned his next two opponents to get into the third place match, but lost to Jericho Holmes of Pine River.