Dan Hardenbrook appointed NHS athletic director

Nov 24, 2025 | Features

By Sterling McGinn The Newberry High School (NHS) Athletic Department has a new director, and he’ll be very familiar to readers of the Newberry News. NHS alumnus, longtime athletic program contributor, and Newberry News sports editor, Dan Hardenbrook is orange and...

McLeans is now Newberry Appliance Sales and Service

Nov 18, 2025 | Features

By Sterling McGinn McLean Sales and Service, a longtime appliance retailer and repair shop in Newberry, has changed hands. The business, owned and operated for many years by John and Denise McLean, was officially sold on Oct. 20 to Ben and Beth Rahilly. The new owners...

Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald remembered on 50th anniversary

Nov 9, 2025 | Features

By Sterling McGinn November 10, 1975 is the date of one of the most devastating maritime tragedies on the Great Lakes: The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The 729-foot ore carrier sank 17 miles north-northwest of Whitefish Point during a fierce Lake Superior storm....

Volunteers rally for food aid as SNAP funding halts

Nov 4, 2025 | Features

By Carol Stiffler Volunteers are working as fast as they can to gather food and funds for food for low-income households in Luce and Mackinac counties. They’ve got a matter of days left before area residents feel the pinch of not receiving Supplemental Nutrition...