Mar 16, 2022 | Features
By Carol Stiffler A McMillan man is dead after a devastating fire early in the morning on Wednesday, March 9. Derrick Maddox, 42, was a well known drummer on the local rock music scene and leaves behind thousands of friends and acquaintances. Release of Maddox’s name...
Mar 9, 2022 | Features
By Carol Stiffler In a famous Cold-War speech given on June 26, 1963, U.S. President John. F. Kennedy declared “Ich bin ein Berliner” – “I am a Berliner”. Today, many Americans and even local residents feel such a tie to Ukraine, currently under siege by Russian...
Mar 2, 2022 | Features
A new pilot program by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has been launched to streamline and bundle bridge projects together to make them more cost-effective and save taxpayer money. The program is getting underway in March with an initial round of 19...
Feb 24, 2022 | Features
By Carol Stiffler Last week’s shock-and-awe snowfall came during an already very snowy winter in the Tahquamenon area. Business signs, like at the Secretary of State office, are buried. Stop signs appear to be held up solely by snow. Easing through intersections...
Feb 16, 2022 | Features
With contributions from Carol Stiffler An order from a federal court in California returned gray wolves, including those in Michigan, to the federal list of endangered species on Thursday, February 10. The ruling means that two state laws governing the ability to kill...
Feb 9, 2022 | Features
By Pete Wurdock A new three-tone triad is now part of Newberry’s historic railroad history. There has been a change in the Newberry train yard after the CN (Canadian National Railway) railroad was sold to Watco. The sale was completed on December 20, 2021. The line...