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Alger Reads Book Club meets this coming Tuesday, Feb. 27th at 6:00pm to discuss Eden Waits by Maryka Biaggo. Based on the true story of Upper Michigan’s utopian experiment in Schoolcraft County. In 1893, financial panic imperils the settlement homesteaded by Abraham and Elizabeth Byers. Abraham, a preacher and self-proclaimed man of the people, rails against greed and corruption and launches the Hiawatha Colony, a product-sharing community designed to support its members through self-sufficiency. All are welcome to attend the discussion of this fascinating book.

The current library millage for Alger County will expire at the end of 2024. The County Library Board has placed a millage renewal on the ballot for the Feb. 27, 2024 election. In 2008 Public Library supporters asked the Alger County Commission to form the Alger County Library Board. The board consists of 5 people, appointed by the Board of Commissioners for terms of 3 years each. The Alger County Library Board administers the county library fund and they are responsible for contracting with the Munising Public Schools on behalf of the Munising School Public Library (MSPL) to administer public library service on a county-wide basis.

LANSING, Mich. — The delegation of U.P. legislators are speaking out against the U.S. Postal Service’s plans to modify mail service in the U.P. and discontinue the processing of outgoing mail at the facility in Kingsford.

February 2, 2024 issue 5th Annual Market Walk: A Healthy Initiative for Locals In this story, the days of operation for the market were incorrectly listed as Tuesday afternoons, May - October. This is incorrect. The market runs on Mondays, 4-7 PM, and has done so since 2020.

Munising Youth in Government is going to Lansing in April, 2024. They are holding a Cornhole tournament to raise money to help pay their way.

There will be two days in the upcoming week that Munising School Public Library will be closed. In recognition of President’s Day, the library will be closed to the public on Monday, Feb. 19. The Library will also be closed on Friday, Feb. 23rd for a Staff Professional Development day. Thank you for your understanding as we strive to better serve you with well trained staff.