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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.

Do you want to do your part to brighten a child’s holiday? Give the Gift of Reading! The library is collecting new children and teen books now until Dec. 6 for distribution to those in need this holiday season. You can bring your books to the Munising Library to place in the designated gift box.

The Michigan departments of Natural Resources and Agriculture and Rural Development encourage those who have eastern hemlock trees on their property to take time this winter to inspect the trees for signs of hemlock woolly adelgid. Anyone taking to the woods also can help by looking for signs of this invasive insect while hunting, hiking or enjoying other outdoor activities.

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The Munising Cannabis Co., the area’s only locally owned marijuana shop, is closing its doors soon. “Munising Cannabis Company was a labor of love from a group of local people trying to do something different than a dispensary: growing and processing everything in house,” Munising Cannabis Co.