Sep 23, 2020 | Community
By Carol Stiffler Imagine relocating to the Upper Peninsula – that can be challenging enough – at the dawn of the COVID pandemic, and opening up a chiropractic practice in a town you’re not from, just as Michigan was discovering its first few cases. That’s...
Sep 18, 2020 | Community
By Carol Stiffler In the fall of 1982, Newberry resident Vernard “Ole” Olson was on the job when he dug up $90,000 in cash in the midst of the Tahquamenon Falls State Park. Olson, whose nickname is pronounced “O-lee”, was manning a bulldozer for the Michigan...
Sep 16, 2020 | Community
By Sterling McGinn In the early days of Luce County, there was no official hospital. Doctors made house calls and surgeries were occasionally performed at the patient’s home. Medical equipment and instruments were crude, and many home remedies and tonics were used and...
Sep 2, 2020 | Community
By Sandy Edie Congratulations to Ethan Stilson, Taliesan Cox, and Aaron Edie. Ethan and Tali became some of the newest members of scouting’s Order of the Arrow in the Mahng Chapter, while Aaron, along with his dad, Dave Edie, attained brotherhood status. The three...
Aug 20, 2020 | Community
By Carol Stiffler Like every family, the family of Kathi Gray had enough reasons to remember the year 2020. But they wanted more. Something bright. Gray and her daughter, Lindsey Lombardo, had been mulling over a whirlwind trip that took them to all five Great Lakes...
Aug 19, 2020 | Community
All prisoners at the Newberry Correctional Facility have been tested again for COVID-19 after a staff member was diagnosed on August 1. As of Monday, August 17, 116 prisoners and four staff have been infected in this outbreak. Most positive Newberry prisoners have...
