
State Rep. Karl Bohnak, a Republican from Deerton representing Michigan’s 109th House District, met with Alger County residents last Friday at the Munising School Public Library during a packed question-and-answer session that lasted well over an hour.

The earth has tilted in favor of summer sun and heat for the Upper Peninsula, and a great many folks are headed to Murray Bay in Lake Superior.
Arthur Parkkila, age 94, of Chatham died at Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital in Manistique on March 15, 2025, following a year-long illness. Graveside services and military honors will be held at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Chatham on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at 11 a.m. Art’s obituary and tribute wall may be found at bowermanfuneralhome.net.
What is a plant-based eating plan? A plant-based eating plan focuses on eating food made primarily from plants and unprocessed foods, while minimizing or eliminating foods from animal products and those that are highly processed.

Lassila scheduled to begin basic training

For more than 40 years, Joe Paquette and Sonny Putvin were the driving force behind Munising’s beloved Fourth of July celebration — a community tradition rooted in volunteerism, patriotism and small-town heart.

Editor’s note: This article is the second in a series profiling the bands performing at Munising’s Summer Concerts in the Park.

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.
Two campers found dead at Isle Royale
We all have things from our past that have challenged us and may continue to challenge us, and we all have things that we go through from time to time that seem to make us question everything.