by Melissa Newland
L’Anse Area School (LAS) High School Youth in Government (YIG) students recently traveled to Lansing for the Youth in Government Spring Conference. The event was held Feb. 16, 2022, and 21 students attended, partaking in mock government activities where they experienced different facets of government as delegates to the conference. Students attending the event included Akira Koenig, Sophia Brunet, Julie Juntunen, Alyssa Kujansuu, Kayla Kujansuu, Kayleigh LaBerge, Kayla Hoffman, Marta Huguet, Kierra Collins, Makenna
Decker, Robbie Jacobs, Karissa Krajnak, Kaylee Lahti, Isabel Ostermeyer, Olivia Latella, Maria Santurino, Hollynd Makela, Cassius Muszynski, Dysean Allen, Eli Ostermeyer and Tyler Younggren. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.