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100 Years Ago - The Munising News - Nov. 2, 1923 U.P. ranks high in agriculture Reports reaching the state department of agriculture concerning the attendance at county fairs in the Upper Peninsula and the general interest being displayed in the annual gatherings by the farmers indicate the steady growth of the agricultural industry in the vast section of the country lying north of the straights, according to L. Whitney Watkins, the commissioner of the department.

Gar Atchison, the current market president of UP Health System (UPHS) and CEO of UPHS – Marquette, will be resigning from his position at the end of November. The change means that the only local Trauma II center in the central Upper Peninsula and a local partner in med control for EMS runs will have new leadership.

Halloween is only a week away and soon our streets will be filled with little ghosts, goblins and witches trick-or-treating. To help ensure this Halloween is safe for your children, Sheriff Brock offers the following safety tips: • Costumes should be short enough to prevent tripping.

A limited amount of voters will be heading to the polls on Tuesday, November 7 in Alger County. There are only three elections on the ballot, two are millages in Burt Township and one is an uncontested Munising City Commission election.

100 Years Ago - The Munising News - Oct. 26, 1923 Locals push for seasonal properties CC Peck, proprietor of the McDougall Tire Shop, has issued an illustrated circular calling attention to summer resort advantages of Munising and vicinage and offering for sale sites for summer cottages and hunting lodges. The same will be given a wide distribution and is another stroke of business in the right direction. Every piece of mail leaving Munising should carry a leaflet with a message along the same line. It would pay big dividends.

Q: I’m in my late 30’s and quite certain that I had COVID-19 this past spring, given the symptoms that I had at the time. However, I was never tested for the virus, at that time, or since.