MARQUETTE The Lake Superior Community Partnership will host its Annual Celebration virtually at 4 p.m. Thursday.
This event is the LSCP’s largest fundraiser of the year. All proceeds benefit economic development in Marquette County. During the celebration, they will also be honoring this year’s Distinguished Service Award winners. The individual recipient for 2021 is Scott Erbisch, Marquette County Administrator. Scott is very involved in many community groups and organizations. He currently serves as an LSCP Board Member, a United Way of Marquette County Board Member, is a Marquette County Ambassador and was recently appointed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to the Michigan Municipal Services Authority Board and Executive Committee.
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MARQUETTE The entrance to Sawyer International Airport at K.I. Sawyer could be moved as a result of a proposed Superior Extrusion Inc. expansion.
A resolution in support of the expansion project, which could lead to the relocation of the airport’s current entrance along 11th Street, was passed by the Marquette County Board of Commissioners at its Tuesday meeting.
This is the first of four projected expansions proposed by the K.I. Sawyer-based SEI within the businesses’ 15-year plan, according to the resolution.
The proposed first part of the four-part project would require relocating the airport entrance from the 11th Street area. Officials from SEI, Sawyer airport and Marquette County said in phone interviews that the potential new location of the entrance has not yet been decided.
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AMY CLICKNER
While 2021 has certainly come in with a BANG! There is so much going on in the community and at the LSCP, I just want to highlight a few things that may be of interest to you.
First and foremost, the COVID-19 vaccines are rolling in, giving us a light at the end of the tunnel. A huge shout out to the Marquette County Health Department and all their partners working so hard to get everyone vaccinated. Certainly an unprecedented project to be accomplished.
The students are back in town! This is an important economic impact to our region and we are grateful that NMU has been a leader in how to safely accomplish this. Our local businesses will definitely feel the uptick in sales.
MARQUETTE Michigan State University Extension will move forward with less money in its coffers.
The Marquette County Board of Commissioners in December failed to amend the fiscal year 2021 budget to include extra money for MSUE.
Erin Carter, director of the MSUE district that covers Marquette, Alger, Luce, Schoolcraft, Mackinac and Chippewa counties, had indicated that the reduction puts extension programming about $13,000 below its base funding amount of $59,562 from the county.
Liana Pepin, Marquette County 4-H educator with MSU Extension, which includes 4-H programming, noted in an email that the county commissioners had to deal with a budget reduction of $455,000 from fiscal year 2020.