Newberry Country Club badly damaged by wind

Jul 5, 2024 | Features

By Carol Stiffler Straight-line winds blew into the Newberry area on Saturday afternoon, running along the M-28 corridor and wreaking havoc on Foley Hill and the M-123 intersection where the Newberry Country Club sits. With an eye on the weather, club manager Linda...

Independence Day event schedule

Jun 29, 2024 | Features

By Sterling McGinn Happy birthday, America! Flags, parades and fireworks will soon be in abundance celebrating the birth of the United States. The local communities of Newberry, Curtis, Hulbert, Naubinway, Paradise, and Grand Marais have announced celebration plans....

Winning on Wheel of Fortune

Jun 22, 2024 | Features

By Carol Stiffler Is David Livermore the happiest man to ever compete on Wheel of Fortune? Maybe. The Garnet, Michigan native won his episode, which aired on June 3, bagging a two-week Eastern European cruise and about $10,000 cash. He also got legendary Wheel of...

Logging Museum gets ‘Big Wheels’

Jun 15, 2024 | Features

By Sterling McGinn You can’t miss a set of logging wheels, more commonly known as “Big Wheels.” They are huge, and were a familiar sight in the old logging days. Big Wheels were essential to logging from the late 1800s into the 1930s, when they were used to skid logs...

Village discusses adding fire millage for truck

Jun 7, 2024 | Features

By Sterling McGinn The Newberry Village Council held a lengthy discussion at their May meeting about requesting another Village fire millage of two mills to purchase a fire truck for the Newberry Fire Department. The council met on Tuesday, May 21. A truth in taxation...

Introducing the new, old Curtis Public Library

Jun 1, 2024 | Features

By Carol Stiffler The Curtis Public Library celebrated a grand opening last week, proudly announcing that it had become Michigan’s 397th standalone library. In a two-day celebration on May 22 and 23, the library hosted hundreds of guests who enjoyed live music, cake...