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Arthur Parkkila

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.

Munising’s biggest day

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.

Installing history at Fayette

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.