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Munising Drama Club performs today The Munising Drama Club is performing “Rainbow Fish”, a stage adaptation of the famous Marcus Pfister children’s book. There will be two performances, Friday, April 21 at 6 p.m. and Sunday, April 23 at 3 p.m., with both performances at the Mather Auditorium.

Alger County Chamber of Commerce has announced that Timber Products, a family-owned business producing a wide range of wood products, has been selected as the 2022 Business of the Year. The announcement was made ahead of the annual dinner, set to take place on May 2 at The Bear Trap Inn.

Multiple agencies and officials have given updates on the threat situation made at Superior Central on Tuesday, April 11. According to the Michigan State Police, a 15-yearold male made a threat to bring a gun to the school on Wednesday, April 12.

The Rock River Township Board has taken the next, and final, step to prevent short term rentals from one of the largest zones of the township. The board voted to remove short term rentals as a conditional use in RP 10, which is the largest zone by square mileage in Rock River.

Billerud has announced that it will temporarily close its Escanaba mill for up to three weeks as it investigates the blastomycosis fungal infection outbreak among its workers. The company said the decision was made to protect employees and contractors’ health and safety.

Voters in Alger and Marquette Counties will decide on a 20-year Special Education Millage Proposal, as part of the May 2023 election. If approved, the millage will cost the average homeowner 42 cents per day, based on a home value of $200,000, according to Marquette-Alger Regional Educational Service Agency (MARESA).

While 25 other states have fully recovered the jobs they lost during the pandemic, Michigan is still down 71,400 jobs, a 1.6 percent decrease. It doesn’t look like the state is going to get above pre-pandemic levels any time soon, either. The state won’t recover the jobs lost until 2026 at the rate of growth we have experienced over the past five months.

The criminal proceedings regarding Grace Boyer were extensive, exhausting and emotional. Anytime a person’s home is destroyed due to the actions of another is a lot to handle. It could have gotten vindictive and nasty quickly.