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In a unique artist event for Munising, the Starling Shakespeare Company performed the play “As You Like It” on Wednesday, June 14 at Bayshore Park Pavilion. “I think it went really well.

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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.

It’s finally here, the long awaited spring in the U.P. has arrived, it may be the end of May but who’s counting? This month, I am going to change up the newsletter to something a little more personal rather than focus on a certain topic. For me, spring means getting out on my property and observing the changes from last season. I always look forward to seeing what plants are filling in the forest floor, which trees and shrubs survived our 219 inches of snowfall (for this year anyway), and any signs of wildlife. The robins and blue jays are back, I saw a yellow bellied sapsucker last week, the chipmunks are busy scurrying around and I heard a wood thrush in the woods last night as the sun was setting.

The forum on threatened and endangered species, TNEs for short, has multiple dimensions. At the surface is the noble effort to conserve and retain as many elements of diversity as possible.

The Munising Mustangs boys track and field team is the 2023 MHSAA U.P. Division 3 Champions after defeating roughly 30 schools in Kingsford on Saturday, June 3.

The Munising City Volunteer Fire Department extinguished a small grass fire near the All-Veterans Memorial in Bayshore Park on Monday, June 5. The fire was located on the East side of a small storage building directly behind the memorial. According to MVFD Chief Red Anderson, there was no determined cause of the fire. Witnesses at the scene saw people smoking near the area where the blaze ignited, but there was no evidence to prove that is how the fire started. The fire occurred during the Munising Farmers’ and Artisans’ Market at the other end of the park, but there were no injuries or significant damages reported.