Sault Tribe offering vaccine lottery

By Jennifer Dale-Burton The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Board of Directors has established a COVID-19 Rescue Act Vaccination Lottery to encourage tribal members and team members to get vaccinated to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. The lottery will...

Have you tried Styes Guys BBQ?

By Sterling McGinn Jamie Styes has been working in food service since he was 11 years old. It’s all he knows, professionally, and he’s cooking “low and slow” barbecue these days from right here in Newberry. Styes opened a mobile barbecue business with his wife, Jamie,...

Why has the treatment for kidney stones changed?

By Paul M. Dake, M.D. Q:  My 26-year-old son recently had to go to the Emergency Department because of severe pain in his side that came on quite abruptly; he was told he had a kidney stone that should pass within 10-12 hours, and was sent home with only a...

The short-lived Newberry broom handle factory

By Sterling McGinn Businesses have come and gone throughout Newberry’s 139 years in existents, and many have been forgotten.  The Newberry Hardwood Manufacturing Company, or broom handle factory is no exception. Little is known about the small business. Located on the...

Grand Marais author publishes fourth book

By Carol Stiffler The shore of Lake Superior is as alive as any city, and the lead character in Grand Marais resident Ellen Airgood’s latest book is a woman who wouldn’t dream of moving away from the greatest Great Lake. Laurel Hill is a single mother in Tin Camp...

Newberry school forest replanted with restoration grant

By Jerry Grossman Tahquamenon Area Schools recently had 3,180 red pine trees planted on its school forest near the Canada Lakes trail. The lot had been clearcut two or three years ago, and the district netted the proceeds. New seedlings were planted in trenched rows,...