October 2023

This Week In History

100 Years Ago - The Munising News - Oct. 26, 1923 Locals push for seasonal properties CC Peck, proprietor of the McDougall Tire Shop, has issued an illustrated circular calling attention to summer resort advantages of Munising and vicinage and offering for sale sites for summer cottages and hunting lodges. The same will be given a wide distribution and is another stroke of business in the right direction. Every piece of mail leaving Munising should carry a leaflet with a message along the same line. It would pay big dividends.
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Hill, U.P. GOP differ on energy bills

A set of bills known as the Clean Energy and Jobs Act, introduced by Democratic lawmakers in the Michigan House of Representatives, recently passed the House Energy Committee. The legislation, aimed at bolstering Michigan’s journey toward its renewable energy targets while generating union jobs and protecting landowner rights, has sparked a heated debate over local governance and renewable energy development.
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Eve Killips-Holmden

Eve Killips-Holmden, age 68, of Munising and formerly of Lansing, died Friday, September 1, 2023 at Munising Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving family and caring hospital staff. She was born on November 1, 1954 in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, the second of seven children to Robert and Phyllis (Bray) Killips, Sr. Eve’s family moved from the Soo to Lansing and then back to the UP in Munising.
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Diane L. Rantz

Diane L. Rantz, age 75, of Munising and formerly of Bristol, WI, died Sunday, October 22, 2023 at her home surrounded by loving family and friends.
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