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After a four-day jury trial that ended on Thursday, May 11, a former dispatch supervisor for the Michigan State Police has been found guilty of multiple counts of criminal sexual conduct. Marquette County Prosecutor Matt Wiese stated to WLUC-TV that McEachern was found guilty on one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (victim under 13), which has a minimum sentence of 25 years in prison for each charge, as well as third-degree CSC (force or coercion), which carries a minimum sentence of 15 years, and fourth-degree CSC (force or coercion), which is a two-year high-court misdemeanor.

Support from community has been a great step in reaching print What an emotional week at The Munising Beacon. It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year since we put our first stories to page, providing a product as close to a real newspaper as possible in Alger County since the Munising News closed in April 2021.

The Michigan State HB-4336 “Defend The Guard Act” should be supported and adopted in the state of Michigan as law. HB-4336 is currently sitting in the Military, Veterans, and Homeland Security committee in the Michigan State House Legislature and it is my desire along with many others who support not only the constitution of the United States, but also advocate for the lives of our state national guard. This is a bipartisan- sponsored bill that must be passed by the committee in order to be introduced on the house floor.

I would venture to guess, with high confidence, that we all had the same feelings when the weather went from a week of nearly 80 degrees to the low 30’s with snow flurries. It was a challenging mental roadblock for me to get over.

Alger County government is going through a major shakeup as the county clerk, the county administrator and the chair of the county commission are all expected to be out of government by June 1. “It’s going to be a hard situation with a lot of years of experience going out the door,” Alger County Deputy Clerk Joel VandeVelde said.