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Volunteers Urgently Needed for Senior All Night Party! Volunteers Needed: Munising High School’s Senior All Night Party seeks chaperones for Saturday, May 25. Two shifts available: 9pm-1am & 1am-5am.

Thomas Kinnunen has been a Michigan state police officer for 15 years. He works out of a Negaunee post, which covers Alger and Marquette county. With various scams around Kinnunen says, “the most popular is getting your identity stolen and it can cause consequences like losing money.” Scams can be really dangerous because victims can give some random person all of their information.

Dickinson County Board of Commissioners Faced with the consolidation with the Green Bay processing center and reduction in local services in the Upper Peninsula’s only mail processing plant, the Dickinson County Board of Commissioners has begun a local and nationwide online petition campaign. The petition, which is available on change.

It’s spring time now, so we’re starting to see the natural world come back to life from the winter, including birds migrating back from the wintering grounds in Central and South America. Our wonderful state of Michigan is a destination for many bird species when they’re seeking the right habitat to settle down. There are a lot of reasons that we all love living in Michigan, but what makes it so special for birds?

We celebrate Mother’s Day annually on the second Sunday in May. This year it will be celebrated on May 12, 2024. Our mothers do so much as they give their loving care to their families daily. It is so appropriate to recognize our mothers on this special day.

Three members of the Rock River Township Board abruptly resigned at the regular meeting of the Township Board on April 16, 2024. Clerk Maria Strand, Treasurer Annie Dunn, and Trustee Trevor Case submitted resignation letters at the meeting, citing concerted and organized harassment, abuse, and false accusations directed at board members. The three detailed personal attacks and confrontation in public venues throughout the Chatham and Rock River area which has repeatedly disrupted board meetings and resulted in unnecessary expense and increased workload for township officials.

Q: My husband and I have three children under the age of 6 years and, for various reasons, have been reluctant to have our children receive vaccinations against various childhood diseases. However, we’re becoming increasingly concerned about reports of measles outbreaks in different parts of the country and we’ve been reevaluating that stance.