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Governor Gretchen Whitmer has appointed 13 members to the newly-created LGBTQ+ Commission in Michigan. Two of those members are from the Upper Peninsula, including one Alger County resident.

Gladstone and Ironwood, MI -- The Upper Peninsula Fire Management Unit plans to burn slash piles on the Hiawatha and Ottawa National Forests this fall and winter that were generated from forest thinning and timber sales. Thinning projects improve forest health and wildlife habitat and reduce the risk of wildfire near private residences and infrastructure. Slash from these projects is piled and burned to remove debris that could fuel wildfire.

Starry Starry Night, the annual community event held on Black Friday, was successful on Friday, Nov. 24. With equal parts economic stimulus and cultural heritage, the event brought hundreds of people to Grand Marais to celebrate the holidays.

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Chief Growth Officer Hilary Doe and the Growing Michigan Together team released a report this week that compiles and analyzes feedback from over 11,000 Michiganders that will be used to create the most robust population growth strategy in Michigan’s history.

The Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center at Northern Michigan University has received an $8,500 grant from Michigan Humanities to create a traveling exhibition titled Extraordinary Women of the Upper Peninsula. The exhibition will feature women from the U.P.’s 15 counties who have had a regional, national or international impact through their work in politics, science, international relations, Native American rights, literature and other fields.

The stretch of bad luck continues for hunters in the U.P. as the deer harvest remains down across the eastern Upper Peninsula.