The second wave

Nov 18, 2020 | Features

By Carol Stiffler As far back as March, medical experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S.’s leading infectious diseases doctor, warned that a second wave of coronavirus was likely. The next one could be bigger and more deadly, they said. By all accounts, it appears the...

Real Estate is hot

Nov 4, 2020 | Features

By Carol Stiffler Try to buy a house in Newberry right now, and you’ll find very few options. And if you’re looking for a cabin in the woods, or acreage, you’re a few months late. Properties in our region were snapped up at a record pace during 2020, and local real...

Newberry beats Engadine for Little Brown Jug

Oct 28, 2020 | Features, Sports

By Dan Hardenbrook The long-awaited first football meeting between Newberry and Engadine was an instant classic. We had two teams, solely focused on beating each other. There were playoff spots and seedings on the line. Newberry was playing for a .500 record and the...

What it’s like to have COVID

Oct 21, 2020 | Features

By Carol Stiffler As COVID-19 slowly infiltrates through our peninsula, a collection of our friends and neighbors have stories to tell. They now know what it feels like to have coronavirus. There is very little in common with their stories. Deb and Daryl Kalnbach,...

Take care of each other

Oct 14, 2020 | Features

By Carol Stiffler Twenty-five Newberry High School students should be finishing their 14-day quarantine after an exposure to COVID-19. In Curtis, five staff at Three Lakes Academy have been diagnosed with the virus. Multiple students have been asked to quarantine, and...

Everything is COVID

Oct 7, 2020 | Features

By Carol Stiffler Perhaps it was only a matter of time. After a relatively mild first six months of the coronavirus pandemic, it has infiltrated the region with enough success to shut down entire school districts, cancel individual sports games, and one day of school...