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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.

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. Look for our first installation in the December 30, 2022 edition and join us next week as we wrap up 2022 in the next edition of The Munising Beacon.

“I’m traveling light because I might be going far, taking nothing but the clothes on my back and this big red guitar, I’m just restless,” – Carl Perkins In the darkness of this place, I can hear the clock ticking from the adjacent room. The sound is stark and commanding in its repetition.

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!

Au Train is starting to dry up after major flooding near the river delta. As of Thursday deadlines, the water had dropped 2.25 inches and was lowering at three-quarters inch per hour.