School resource officer returns to TAS

By Sterling McGinn A program that made a significant impact at Tahquamenon Area Schools (TAS) will return at the start of this school year. TAS and the Luce County Sheriff’s Department worked together to provide the district with a School Resource Officer (SRO) to...

TAS delays start of school year

By Sterling McGinn To make sure the facility is clean and ready to go for the upcoming school year following the summer’s construction projects, Tahquamenon Area Schools (TAS) has postponed the first day to Monday, September 9. School was initially set to open on...

Highline buys bottling building, makes Newberry EUP hub

By Carol Stiffler High-speed internet is coming to the Newberry and McMillan areas. Highline, a high-speed Internet service provider with operations in Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, and Texas, is running fiber cables throughout Luce County in...

What a wonderful world

By Sophia Johnson Newberry native and recent high school graduate Sophia Johnson recently finished a month abroad with the international travel band from Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. This is her story. I’m not really sure where I should start talking about this journey....

Newberry’s extraordinary women

By Sterling McGinn Two Newberry women, the late Frances (Tomkiel) Beaulieu and the late Carmel (Stewart) Mullen, are featured as part of the Extraordinary Women exhibit displayed this spring and summer at the Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center at Northern Michigan...

Newberry loses two civic leaders

By Sterling McGinn Wednesday, July 10 was a day of loss for Luce County as two leaders and outstanding citizens, Robert Cameron and Kevin Erickson, died following long illnesses. Cameron and Erickson served as community leaders and public figures for years, with...