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Zero current board members, volunteers or supporters of the Humane Society of Alger County — the 501(c)3 non-profit organization currently operating the animal shelter — showed up at county meetings this week, potentially setting up an extreme and confusing final county commission meeting of the year next Monday. At both the first Alger County Commission meeting of the month on Monday, Dec.

“We never knew that this could even be considered an option. If there is a way for the road commission to plow these extra roads, how can we move that forward, because we would love to have something in place.”

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced selections to lead state departments and state agencies into the next four years, including a new director at the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency (MVAA).

Do you have a Forest Management Plan (FMP) for your property? Do you know what an FMP is or why you should have one written? Forest Management Plans are a forestry management tool that all landowners would benefit from having in their land management “toolbox”. If you were thinking about your financial future or retirement planning, you would likely start with a financial planner. They would assess your debt to asset ratio and help you determine your future financial goals. With that information, they’d make savings and investment recommendations to you. It would then be up to you to make the move to save or invest however you saw fit. An FMP provides that same type of framework for your forest management goals.