Cookie Wars end peacefully

Mar 20, 2025 | Community

By Rev. Kyle Kuehl Cookie Wars 2025 was a sugary smash! With a total of five bakers, each contributing eight dozen cookies, all cookies were sold out within two hours. First place went to Ashley Dzelak and Lydia Feldhusen with their Sugar heart Cookies with Linzer....

100th anniversary of Newberry Ave. fire

Mar 10, 2025 | Community

By Sterling McGinn On March 2, 1925, part of Newberry’s business district was devastated by one of the most disastrous fires in Luce County history. Five buildings on the west side of the 200 block of Newberry Avenue—stores with offices and apartments on the second...

New walkway will help everyone get to Agate Beach

Mar 7, 2025 | Community

By Karen Brzys Many times, in the rural part of our country, regional communities and organizations work together for a common cause. This is true relative to a new handicapped pathway that will be installed on Agate Beach in Grand Marais. This project started in 2019...

Snowshoe treks to falls were hot

Mar 4, 2025 | Community

By Sterling McGinn The Upper Tahquamenon Falls is breathtaking any time of year, but the view of the frozen water and ice formations make a winter visit extra special. In the 1930s, getting to the falls in summer and autumn was only possible via the Tahquamenon River...

The pizza fanatics of Naubinway

Feb 22, 2025 | Community

By Claire Oven Jeremy Loebach has always been a fan of the pizza business. While his high school sweetheart, Deanna, was at college, Jeremy worked for a small Italian restaurant called Pepinos, where he developed his love for pizza. Jeremy saved all his money from...

Sherbrook named 2025 NCF Officer of the Year

Feb 20, 2025 | Community

Robert Sherbrook was selected as Newberry Correctional Facility’s 2025 Correctional Officer of the Year. Officer Sherbrook began his career with the Michigan Department of Corrections on October 3, 2021. He received the Jack Budd Award while in the Ken McKee Class at...