The second installment of the three-part Mat-Su Rock Fest hits the stage at the Menard Center in Wasilla on Saturday with veteran alt-metal band 10 Years as headliners.
Print article The Matanuska-Susitna Borough, where schools have struggled with scattered closures due to coronavirus outbreaks, now has more daily average COVID-19 cases than any other part of the state. Even as Mat-Su took that position, several major high school sports events moved there from Anchorage due to less strict coronavirus protocols. Mat-Su moved into the top spot for daily average case rates Tuesday after the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region held that unwelcome position for four months as the virus ripped like wildfire through the hub of Bethel and outlying villages, some without running water. On Thursday, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reported about 35 cases per 100,000 in Mat-Su over the past 14 days and about 23 cases per 100,000 for the Yukon-Kuskokwim region.
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John Menard Jr. Photo by Travisvanvelzen (Own work) (CC BY-SA 4.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsIn the 103-year-history of UW-Eau Claire, it had never awarded an honorary degree for lifetime achievement. The first such degree was given in May 2019 to
John Menard, the billionaire owner of the Menard’s home improvement chain.
It was was called a “doctorate of humane letters,” but there are some who would not necessarily think of Menard as a humanitarian. A successful businessman, yes: Menard’s is one of the biggest home improvement chains in the nation, with 325 stores and 41 manufacturing facilities located in 14 Midwestern states, and an advertising jingle, “Save big money at Menard’s,” we all probably know by heart.