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This Week In History

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.
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Atchison out as UPHSMarquette

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.
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DNR fire crews finish out-of-state season, gain valuable experience

Holly Toohey recently spent two weeks in a beautiful part of northern California’s mountains, but this was no high-end, relaxing getaway. Toohey, a resource analyst for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, spent 16-hour shifts making maps to help firefighters on the front lines contain the South Fork Complex Fire, a collection of four wildfires totaling around 4,000 acres near Hayfork, California.
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