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The nonprofit Friends of Valley Spur is asking for the public’s help in securing the future of their trail system. Their “Groomer Capital Campaign” fundraiser, which began last month, hopes to raise $225,000 for a new all-season trail groomer that would replace the aging equipment currently in service.

The Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency celebrated seven individuals and organizations across the state at the 2023 Military & Veterans Gala Awards on Saturday, November 4. Local veteran and volunteer Sonny Putvin won the most prestigious award as the 2023 Veteran of the Year.

The Alger County Commission has approved a resolution that will continue the Munising Marketplace and Fire Hall projects. The decision allows project developers Renovare Development to continue to file for state funding and get work started soon on the renovation of the Fire Hall and breaking ground for the Marketplace.

Students from Burt Township Schools had a first-hand experience of learning about harvesting timber and other aspects of the forestry business on Wednesday, Oct. 25. Workers from Grossman Forestry presented to the students about how the forestry industry works with various environmental factors and some of the heavy equipment needed to maintain the forests.

Holly Toohey recently spent two weeks in a beautiful part of northern California’s mountains, but this was no high-end, relaxing getaway. Toohey, a resource analyst for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, spent 16-hour shifts making maps to help firefighters on the front lines contain the South Fork Complex Fire, a collection of four wildfires totaling around 4,000 acres near Hayfork, California.