Community

A pair moving back to the Upper Peninsula have brought a new business with them, literally. Brandon Frisk and Shawnee Rajala have opened up Sauna on Kumma, a mobile Finnish sauna.

Brice Burge The dismantling of the wooden Mather Elementary playground has begun, with some of the slides and bridges already down by the time this photo was taken on Tuesday, June 20. A community pick up for pieces of the old playground will be available on Friday, June 23 from 9 a.m.-noon and 1 p.m-3 p.m..

The Two Books Two Communities committee is pleased to announce its 2023 selections: Chevy in the Hole, a novel set in Flint, Mich., by Kelsey Ronan; and A Psalm for the Wild-Built, a “solar punk” sci fi novella set on a rewilding moon by Becky Chambers. The Two Books Two Communities program fosters a sense of community by bringing together Northern Michigan University and Marquette and Alger County readers. Community members can add these titles to their summer reading lists in order to join the conversation at related events this fall.

Local State Representative Jenn Hill (D-Marquette) helped kick off a statewide Financial Literary Tour on Friday, June 2. The tour focuses on understanding and growing financial skills like personal financial management, budgeting and investing.

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Munising Baptist School had its year-end awards ceremony on Tuesday, May 23. It was an opportunity to recognize the students for their work throughout the year. The ceremony combined classroom, cocurricular and extracurricular achievements.

Munising Memorial Hospital’s Physical Therapy Department has received a brand new NuStep Recumbent Cross Trainer Bike. Not only is the bike used in a majority of patients’ therapy treatment plans, but the life span of this quality piece of equipment makes it very cost effective too.