By Carol Stiffler In the early months of the COVID pandemic, Lucy Seitz packed for college and headed to Northern Michigan University (NMU) to study cosmetology. She’d graduated from Newberry High School in 2020 in that unfortunate class that had to wait months for an...
By Sterling McGinn The Helen Newberry Joy Hospital may soon be a non-profit organization. In an attempt to collaborate with other health organizations and to secure additional funding and services, hospital officials have been working toward restructuring as a...
By Sterling McGinn The Tahquamenon Area Schools (TAS) Board of Education and school administration has run into another challenge with the district’s bond work. Recent bids for the remainder of the bond project, received by February 1, came in $2.8 million over...
By Sterling McGinn Members of the Luce County EMS, Newberry firefighters, DNR and Luce County Sheriff’s department, accompanied by Beaulieu Funeral Home, escorted the remains of former Luce County first responder Terry Stark back to Newberry on Monday, February 12....
By Sterling McGinn Several local Methodist Churches have disaffiliated themselves with the United Methodist Conference to become nondenominational or join a new denomination of Methodists known as Global. The local change is part of a major fracture due in large to a...
By Sterling McGinn Residents living in the Upper Peninsula especially 125 years ago endured harsh winter living conditions. But they still needed to receive and send mail—even if there was a blizzard. During those long U.P. winters, it could take two months for mail...
