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sschulwitz@thealpenanews.com ROGERS CITY — If Gov. Gretchen Whitmer extends her administration’s ban on indoor dining and bar services beyond Feb.1, officials in Presque Isle County may take action to support businesses that reopen, anyway. Since November, restaurants and bars have been closed to indoor service. Whitmer last week extended the ban through Feb. 1 but said there’s a good chance the ban could be lifted then. During a county board meeting on Thursday, Commissioner Carl Altman — a Republican who owns the Night Hawk Inn in Hawks — suggested the county could draft and sign...