Independence Day: Let there be fireworks!

Jun 30, 2021 | Community

By Sterling McGinn The Fourth of July is almost here, and local communities are ready to help you celebrate America’s birthday. The Newberry Parade is set to roll out at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 3. Line up will begin at the American Legion Post 74 parking lot at 9...

Anonymous donor completes roof fund

Jun 23, 2021 | Community

By Carol Stiffler An anonymous donor made a $15,000 contribution to the Tahquamenon Area Senior Citizens fund for a new roof last week, bringing their balance up to the full amount needed to pay for a new roof. Senior Citizens Director Peggy Dahn said she has no idea...

How can I avoid diabetic-related amputations?

Jun 16, 2021 | Community

By Paul M. Dake, M.D. Q:  I’ve just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.  Several of my close relatives have also been diagnosed with this in the last decade or so.  What concerns me most is that two of them have had to have foot or lower leg amputations in the last...

They went over the falls

Jun 16, 2021 | Community

Brother writes book about 1957 tumble By Sterling McGinn  On August 25, 1957, Dick Robins and his sister, Doris, fell over the brink of the 42-foot high Upper Tahquamenon Falls. Both Dick and Doris survived the accidental plunge, but the story remained largely untold...

When telephones came to Lakefield

Jun 9, 2021 | Community

By Sterling McGinn  In the late 1800s and early 1900s, telephone or “Hello Systems” were in high demand for rural areas and small towns across the country. A phone system was first installed in Newberry in 1904, but it wouldn’t be until three years later that a...

Life after meth

Jun 9, 2021 | Community

By Carol Stiffler Chris Linhart says he doesn’t have any friends. The Arkansas native, who now lives in Newberry, says he’s just got his wife and kids. But you’d better believe that’s a whole, wonderful world to him. Linhart was a longtime drug user. Back in Arkansas,...