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Upper Peninsula Power Company has received approval from the Michigan Public Service Commission for a settlement agreement that resolves the company’s rate review case. As part of the agreement, low-income customers will benefit from a residential income assistance credit applied to their monthly bills, and the company will make a corporate donation of $200,000 to non-profit organizations that serve low-income citizens.

The Public Health Delta & Menominee Counties (PHDM) is actively investigating an outbreak of blastomycosis that has been linked to the Escanaba Billerud Paper Mill. To date, there have been 14 confirmed cases of blastomycosis, a fungal infection, identified.

An allegedly unconstitutional policy by a downstate prison may significantly cost Alger County taxpayers in the aftermath of one of its most heartbreaking events and potentially create a ripple effect that would negatively impact dozens of Upper Peninsula citizens in their right to representation.

Congrats to our Mustang basketball boys! We are so proud! April is National Poetry Month! Celebrate by checking out one (or a few) of our many poetry books we’ll have displayed, or share a poem out loud in the library! Looking ahead in April, remember to mark your calendar for events surrounding Earth Fest 2023, which will be running Apr. 17 - Apr.

The Alger County Commission did not revisit two controversial resolution regarding Second Amendment rights, but local citizens were ready to continue discussion. At the county commission meeting on Monday, March 20, approximately 40 people attended — roughly three times the audience at a regular meeting.

County to buy new cruisers The Alger County Commission approved two new Dodge Durangos for the Alger County Sheriff’s Department at its Monday, March 20 meeting. The cruisers will be paid with $40,000 from the Sheriff’s budget and another approximately $90,000 from the capital improvements fund.