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The Munising Public School Board of Education met on January 15, 2024. The meeting opened with an election of school board members for the coming year and got right down to business, moving quickly through the consent agenda.

5th Annual Market Walk Walk to earn tokens to spend on locally grown produce at the Munising Farmers’ and Artisans’ Market. Walk at the Munising Tribal Health Center’s Walking Track upstairs at 615 W. Munising Avenue between 4:30 – 8:00 p.m. on M – F starting on January 29 th and going until May 1 st or until all available tokens have been distributed.

Empowerment for those 65+ through group activities and therapy. Meets three days a week.

Jan. 4, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service is making financial assistance available for Michigan agricultural producers to purchase seasonal high tunnels, often referred to as hoop houses. The assistance is available to Michigan producers statewide who want to start or expand high tunnel production.

Rapid River, MI -- The Hiawatha National Forest and partners are excited to invite you and your family to a National Winter Trails Day event on Saturday, January 20th, 2024 at the Rapid River Ski Trail. From 11:00am to 3:00pm, participants will be able to us snowshoe/cross-country ski equipment free of charge and explore the trails!

9-1-1 landlines in the Chatham and Trenary areas went out last Tuesday, the outage only affecting the TDS customers. Equipment was brought in to prevent some of the components from freezing in the sub-zero temperatures, but it worked too well and overheated the system.

125 Years Ago – The Munising Republican – January 14, 1899 Of Local Interest The bull moose, the mate to which was recently killed in Mackinac county, was recently seen in the vicinity of Eckerman. The animal is reported to be a mammoth one in size.

The City Commission met on January 15, 2024. Most of the meeting was taken up with the report from the recent audit. Overall, the audit proved favorable, showing a slow but steady increase in the city’s funding.

The Alger County Board of Commissioners met on January 15, 2024. Among the topics discussed were the approval of 18 items relating to expenditures and appointments. This included: paying for UP911 services, ambulance repair, the recycling contract (1 year), first responders, DHHS, the cancellation of Spectrum as a backup internet provider, and other topics already covered in previous meetings. All 18 items were unanimously approved.