A silver finish on the ice

Mar 12, 2020 | Features

By Dan Hardenbrook The French Trucking Bantams traveled to Kalamazoo last weekend for the MAHA 14U B State Tournament. The team intended to defend their title and bring a second straight state championship back above the bridge. The group of players, all age 14 and...

Coronavirus: It’s a matter of when

Mar 5, 2020 | Features

By Carol Stiffler The coronavirus is creeping closer to the U.P. As of Tuesday morning, 350 people in Michigan were being monitored for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Though there are no confirmed cases yet in Michigan, there are presently four cases...

Newberry now has two Pure Michigan trails

Feb 26, 2020 | Features

By Carol Stiffler Newberry has been a logging town. A hospital town. A prison town. A struggling town. Now it’s the only town in the state with two Pure Michigan trails, and one of a handful of “trail towns” in the state. The Canada Lakes Pathway, an 11.7-mile path...

Have wolves destroyed the deer population?

Feb 19, 2020 | Features

By Carol Stiffler Lou Bennett owns 20 acres of land east of Newberry and says he’s fed deer herds there for 30 years. It was perfect, he said. The woods offered plenty to eat, and many places for deer to hide. There was no pressure. Each winter, he’d feed between 250...

State champs will defend title

Feb 13, 2020 | Features, Sports

By Dan Hardenbrook The French Trucking Bantams are headed back to the state championship tournament. Following a masterful weekend in Munising, the team claimed the District 8 Championship on February 9 and secured their place in the state tournament in March. The...

School districts are feeling the flu burden

Feb 5, 2020 | Features

The flu is behaving badly. By Carol Stiffler When Brenna Pavey got to the January 29 home basketball game against Munising, she quickly heard some bad news: the entire cheerleading squad was out sick. It was going to be a quiet game unless someone stepped up. So she...