Dec 4, 2025 | Community
The hall at American Legion Post 74 was buzzing with excitement Thursday evening, November 6, as more than 200 enthusiastic community members gathered for Helen Newberry Joy Hospital & Healthcare Center’s first-ever Purse Bingo event. The fundraiser, created to...
Dec 3, 2025 | Community
By Carol Stiffler Kirby Wendt, a senior commercial account manager and insurance agent with Forest Insurance Center Agency, was browsing his email one day when he noticed a special offer from Secura Insurance: They were giving away 13 gifts of $3,000 each. Insurance...
Nov 30, 2025 | Community
By Camila Bello Castro Capital News Service The holiday season at the Department of Corrections is the time of the year when staff, inmates and the public get excited to see the newest edition of the Dogs of the MDOC Calendar. “It features all dogs that have been...
Nov 18, 2025 | Community
By Kurt Perron Kurt Perron is the new teacher at the Newberry Alternative School. I have been substitute teaching in the Eastern Upper Peninsula for about five years now and have taught at most of the schools in our region. I was hired as the new teacher at the...
Nov 14, 2025 | Community
The Hugh Allan McInnes American Legion Post 74 of Newberry will hold their 22nd Annual Community Buck Pole on Saturday, November 15, the opening day of whitetail deer firearm season. Beginning at 8 a.m., hunters can bring their bucks to be hung on the pole in the...
Nov 10, 2025 | Community
By Sterling McGinn On Tuesday, November 11, America will honor past and present individuals who have served in the United States Armed Forces with Veterans Day. Locally, a number of programs will take place throughout the day. Those will include ceremonies and meals...
