Unforgettable summer at Interlochen Center for the Arts

By Lydia Feldhusen This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to spend two weeks at Interlochen Center for the Arts, a summer camp in northern Michigan where students from all over the world come together to learn, create, and grow. During my time there, I took...

Northern Nook: Newberry’s new book and game store

By Sterling McGinn The Newberry Community is now home to a book and game store. Northern Nook opened its doors on October 8 at 501 West McMillan Avenue, a building formerly occupied by State Farm Insurance. Northern Nook is owned by Jamie Holbrook and Jacob Ubbing,...

Free workshop teaches accessible maple syrup sap collection

On November 11, 2025, Michigan Food and Farming Systems, Heroes to Hives, MSU Extension and the Michigan AgrAbility project will collaborate to offer a maple syrup sap collection tubing installation workshop. On November 11, 2025, Michigan Food and Farming Systems...

Looking back: Newberry’s Bean High Pressure Fog truck

In commemoration of National Fire Prevention Week, here is a photo of some of the members of the Newberry Fire Department in 1948 with their new Bean High Pressure Fog engine. The truck chassis, a 1948 Ford purchased from W.W. Carmody Company of Newberry, was equipped...

Michigan’s Hunters Feeding program fights hunger

By Carly Kalkauski Hunters Feeding Michigan student assistant Michigan Department of Natural Resources Hunger isn’t always obvious. It can show up as the quiet gnaw in a child’s stomach before school, or in the concern of a parent while sitting at the kitchen table...

Engadine honors teacher and coach Rodney Carlson

By Sterling McGinn Longtime Engadine resident Rodney Carlson was a highly respected business, typing, and shorthand teacher and football coach at Engadine Consolidated Schools. He worked there from 1962 to 1988. Though he has been retired for many years, former...