December 2023

Photo credit: Rachael Gurski .

Make sure to keep track of what’s happening at your local library this season! There are amazing new books to read and events to attend. Story Time - Saturday, Dec.

Thank you to all who donated new children’s books for the Gift of Reading this year. You have brightened a child’s holiday with the gift that keeps giving every time they read. The books have been sent on their way to be distributed, and we hope for even more participation next year, so remember that while you shop for books.

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Gladstone and Ironwood, MI -- The Upper Peninsula Fire Management Unit plans to burn slash piles on the Hiawatha and Ottawa National Forests this fall and winter that were generated from forest thinning and timber sales. Thinning projects improve forest health and wildlife habitat and reduce the risk of wildfire near private residences and infrastructure. Slash from these projects is piled and burned to remove debris that could fuel wildfire.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has appointed 13 members to the newly-created LGBTQ+ Commission in Michigan. Two of those members are from the Upper Peninsula, including one Alger County resident.