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The Munising Beacon continues the tradition of recapping the major stories of the year for public review. Since this is our first year of operation, the stories only go back until May, but still provides the public with a selection of stories impacting the area.

A survey about the Hanley Field Airport has drawn strong criticism from the community, with multiple comments made at the Alger County Commission meeting on Monday, Jan. 9.

The flooding in Au Train has significantly slowed down, with the river dropping over two feet at its mouth into Lake Superior. “There are three areas where the water is flowing out very nicely.

Stop resorting to imprecise, trite, and meaningless words and terms of seeming convenience! You’re taking the lazy way out and only confusing matters by over-relying on inexact, stale, and inane communication!

Senator Debbie Stabenow will not seek re-election and will leave the U.S. Senate at the end of her term on January 3, 2025, turning Michigan into a battleground state for partisan control of that chamber of Congress.

The annual holiday lighting decoration competitions have wrapped up in the Upper Peninsula, with a local home winning the UPPCO Holiday Lighting Contest and numerous more local locations receiving votes. Ultimately the Ackermans on Gates Road won the U.P.-wide competition by over 200 votes. The bright display took 932 votes, defeating a Calumet home receiving 712 votes.