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The second annual Meet Your Farmer was held at the Rock River Township Community Library on Saturday, March 30th, from 9 am to 12 pm. Mary Kramer-Rabine and Jennifer Wood organized the event every year in hopes of informing the local community about what is happening right in their township and the surrounding area. Ten farmers participated in Saturday’s event. The morning began with a social - participants enjoyed a table of free snacks and food (most made by the farmers themselves), perused tables of products brought by participating farmers, purchased products ranging from handwoven rugs, homemade breads, fresh greens, duck eggs, ground beef, and chatted with the farmers. From 9:30 am to 11:30 am, farmers took turns presenting information about their farms: where they are located, their history, their farming practices, what they offer the community, followed by questions and answers. Free door prizes were drawn throughout the morning, and the morning ended with a second social. Farms participating this year included: Yooper Country, Cold Springs Farm, Pileated Farms, Case Country Farm, Bahrman Potato Farm, Full Plate, UP Gourmet, and Rock River Farm. Mary and Jennifer plan to continue organizing Meet Your Farmer events in the spring every year. If you would like more information on this event or if you would like to participate next year, feel free to reach out at rrtlibrary@gmail.com.

A total solar eclipse - the shadow of the moon blocks the surface of the sun, flares of light emanating from behind. A rare solar eclipse is set to pass over North America in just a few weeks, and people everywhere are making plans to experience this astronomical phenomenon.

In a bid to enhance the aesthetic appeal of Munising’s downtown, the Munising Downtown Development Authority (DDA) is once again rolling out its eagerly anticipated DDA Beautification Grant program. This initiative, along with its long-standing Building Facade Grant Program, aims to uplift the visual allure of the city while supporting local businesses.

MUNISING, MICHIGAN — Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is seeking students aged 15 through 18 to participate in the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) summer youth employment program. Participants will be working alongside park employees to complete trails and grounds projects across the park.

Major Awards & Decorations: Air & Space Commendation Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal Nominated by his Grandfather, Doug Miron Sergeant Miron is the NCOIC of the LeMay Center’s Intelligence Directorate System’s support team managing policy and protocols for network capabilities handling TS/ SCI. He is also the lead COMSEC Responsible Officer for the base’s largest account consisting of 33 vital systems valued at $284K. He supports Air University’s 1,500 compartmented information personnel security for 8 secure facilities and his team is the sole proprietor of Maxwell-Gunter’s AFJWICS program. Sergeant Miron entered the Air Force in September 2013. He completed Security Forces technical training in March 2014 and spent his time as a defender at Royal Air Force Base Croughton, UK and Tinker Air Force Base, OK. He later retrained to the Cyber Defense Operations field graduating in August 2020 and continued his active duty career at Tinker AFB. His time in security forces was spent participating in exercises and was distinguished for thwarting six unauthorized entry attempts into Protection Level 1 Resources and executing evacuation and cordon procedures for explosive detection equipment alerts. After retraining, he became NCOIC for the 552 Operations Support Squadron, Tinker AFB managing the largest Communications Security account for the Air Combat Command in support of numerous exercises and deployments for the E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System. Throughout his time in the military, he was deployed to Niamey, Niger and Al Udeid, Qatar. In Niamey Sergeant Miron supported Operation JUNIPER MICRON and JUNIPER SHIELD. His response teams protected over $46 million in Air Force assets, enabled 108 combat sorties, and the capture of twentyone high-value targets.

On January 31, 2024, at approximately 8:51 P.M. Alger County Dispatch received a 911 call that there was a man down in a parking lot at Munising High School. The caller, Billy Hase, stayed with the dispatcher to update that the patient was not breathing and had no pulse. Valerie Ford saw the incident and recognized that the patient needed CPR. Lynne Bowerman and Susie Palomaki also witnessed the event and went back into the high school to retrieve the AED. CPR was still in progress when the AED arrived, which they then attached to the victim and activated, delivering a shock. Clay Cook and Officer Jake Klieman were on the scene and aided in CPR until Alger EMS arrived. Alger EMS was unable to obtain a pulse and continued CPR for another two minutes along with Advanced Life Saving equipment. Transport was initiated to Munising General Hospital with improvement to the victim. We would like to recognize the following for their quick recognition that CPR and an AED were needed along with their professionalism and calmness during the call.