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Let’s talk about everyone’s favorite topic, public school funding! The Burt Township School District is primarily funded in two unique ways. The first way we are funded is through our property tax revenues. You may think to yourself though, that’s not very unique, but it is. See, we’re “out of formula” which means we have so few students we choose not to collect per pupil allowances from the state. Instead, we collect money on non-homestead property taxes. That is, second and third homes as well as local businesses. The amount that we collect is greater than what we would get if we chose to be “in formula” and collect per pupil dollars from the state.

It was a beautiful Saturday for the annual Taste & Glide event at Valley Spur, as over 200 cross country skiers dined their way through the trail network fundraiser. “It’s a good event, and it’s been a good event for people that want to socialize,” Mary Vaisanen of Forest Lake said.

A Sault Ste. Marie man was arrested in what is being called the biggest case of human trafficking through drug coercion in U.P.

Mark Totten, the recently appointed United States District Attorney for Michigan’s Western District, made a tour around the central Upper Peninsula in late February visiting with law enforcement leaders, government officials and the media in hopes of better connecting with the district.

Shalynn Damron was recognized by the City of Munising for actions she took to save another local resident at the Munising City Commission meeting on Wednesday, March 1. “Shalynn put herself in harms way to save another human life, and for these reasons I would like to present her with this Life Saving Award,” Munising City Police Chief John Nelson said.

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