Q&A: Enlisting Young People to Sustain Rural Communities
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Tudor Dixon carried Michigan's less populous counties, but Gretchen Whitmer's support among rural voters was critical to her re-election.
MARQUETTE — The city of Marquette has selected Karen Kovacs as its next city manager. The Marquette City Commission voted 7-0 at its regular meeting Monday night to make an offer of employment to Kovacs, the lone finalist for the position after John Kramer of Aurora, Illinois, withdrew his name from consideration last week. Kovacs is currently the city administrator for downstate Milan, a city of 5,800 people in Washtenaw and Monroe counties, a role she’s held since July 2019. Previously, she served as the finance director and treasurer for Milan for almost four years. Before her stint...
rspitza@miningjournal.net MARQUETTE — The pool has been narrowed down to one finalist in the search to find the city of Marquette’s next manager after candidate John Kramer withdrew his application from consideration, city officials confirmed Friday. Kramer was named one of two finalists under consideration for the position at a Marquette City Commission special meeting Tuesday night. The other finalist named Tuesday is Karen Kovacs, city administrator for downstate Milan. Kramer was named one of six finalists to advance to the public interview stage along with Kovacs, Dan Stoltman, Rich...
rspitza@miningjournal.net MARQUETTE — The Marquette City Commission was hoping to select the city’s next manager at a special meeting on Tuesday night, but the matter remains undecided. The pool of six finalists was narrowed down to two, Karen Kovacs and John Kramer, who will participate a second interview via Zoom on a date yet to be determined. After the commission discussed whether it should make a final vote at the meeting, it motioned 7-0 to advance to a second interview phase. At the beginning of the meeting, each commissioner was asked to name up to two finalists for considerati...