That’s a wrap: 2021 Luce-West Mackinac County Fair

By Carol Stiffler The 2021 Luce-West Mackinac County Fair is in the books. Visitors to the fair were treated to a diverse display of poultry and rabbits in the small animal barn, a petting zoo in the large animal barn, and scheduled programming including the wildly...

Tahqua-land Theatre is for sale

By Carol Stiffler Newberry’s famous Tahqua-Land Theatre is for sale with an asking price of $250,000. The listing includes all equipment, an upstairs apartment, and the attached unit that currently hosts North Coast Realty, said Shannon Dunkeld-Williams, and is...

TAS votes for change

By Sterling McGinn The Tahquamenon Area Schools Board of Education conducted much business during their July board meeting, which was held Monday, July 19 at 6 p.m. Chief among agenda items was the hiring of five new faculty and staff members. The board approved the...

Housing is hard to find

By Carol Stiffler It’s hard to find somewhere to live in Newberry these days. Mya Glaesman, a Newberry native who has been living in Texas lately, wants to come home with her boyfriend and dogs to have family support when her first child is born later this year. She’s...

What happened in Newberry on the 3rd

By Carol Stiffler The Independence Day parade featured some of the usual suspects – the Newberry Fire Department, namely. The department entered multiple trucks in the Saturday, July 3 parade, soaking viewers along the route. It wasn’t an even fight, but the...

Luce County needs more cops

By Carol Stiffler If you have an emergency in the dead of night — say someone is breaking into your home — there is a strong chance that help will take more than an hour to arrive. Law enforcement in Luce County is scarce, a problem that has multiple...