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D. Mike Nettleton was approved as the newest member of the Alger County Commission at its Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, June 20.

The library has everything you need to get your work done in a peaceful atmosphere with lightning fast internet. Grab your laptop and come in to use our Wi-Fi and you can have printer capability with a few short clicks! Use our brand new desktop computers and have access to MS Office and more. We also have scan to email, fax services, and copiers. The library is the perfect place to work, and now we have air conditioning! What better way to be productive and beat the heat at the same time during the dog days of summer. We even have convenient outdoor seating with a gorgeous view.

Seann Pietela, a 19-year-old resident of Pickford, Mich., has been charged in a criminal complaint for transmitting a communication that contained a threat to cause harm to another individual. According to the details outlined in the complaint, Pietela engaged in communication on Instagram with various individuals, where he allegedly expressed a neo-Nazi ideology, demonstrated antisemitism, glorified past mass shooters, and expressed a desire and intent to emulate their actions or carry out mass casualty events.

One of Alger County’s largest festivals, Pictured Rocks Days in downtown Munising, saw hundreds of visitors enjoy vendors, live music and free Pictured Rocks Cruises for Upper Peninsula residents on Saturday and Sunday, June 10-11.

Michigan Beef Industry Commission (MBIC) Executive Director George Quackenbush has seen a lot of change in the landscape during his 18 years representing Michigan cattle producers. From farming techniques to technological changes in how the public gets information to rising pressure from anti-beef groups around the state and nation, very little of the landscape looks familiar since the day he went to work for Michigan’s beef producers back in 2005.