The 2021 state Christmas tree made a stop Thursday at North Dickinson County Schools in Felch Township enroute from the Upper Peninsula to Lansing. The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget had the white spruce harvested Wednesday in Gogebic County’s Marenisco Township. The tree now is being hauled downstate by Brzoznowski & Sons of Sagola. After students came out to be photographed with the tree, those going to the state capital had breakfast at the neighboring Nordic Trading Post before going back on the road. (Angel Inglese photo)

The 2021 state Christmas tree made a stop Thursday at North Dickinson County Schools in Felch Township enroute from the Upper Peninsula to Lansing. The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget had the white spruce harvested Wednesday in Gogebic County’s Marenisco Township. The tree now is being hauled downstate by Brzoznowski & Sons of Sagola. After students came out to be photographed with the tree, those going to the state capital had breakfast at the neighboring Nordic Trading Post before going back on the road. Clockwise from left are Heath Miller and Jeff Canfield of the DTMB; Gene Brzoznowski, who is transporting the tree; A.J. Brzoznowski, 7, a North Dickinson County student making the trip with his father; Denny Olson of Quinnesec, a member of the DTMB harvest crew, Michigan Association of Timbermen and the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association; and Ken Gauthier, also part of the tree search team. (Betsy Bloom/Daily News photo)