Electrofishing surveys study local walleye population

Sep 15, 2025 | Features

By Emily Martin Planning to be on the water this fall? Be on the lookout for Michigan Department of Natural Resources personnel conducting nighttime walleye recruitment surveys from late September to mid-October. All three of the Manistique lakes (North, Big, and...

New owners bring BBQ to Curtis’ Tally Ho Bar

Sep 6, 2025 | Features

By Carol Stiffler Jason and Jessica Stickney wanted to buy the Tally Ho bar and restaurant in Curtis from former owner Kim Bushey. They’d talked about it with her, but the timing wasn’t right. The Stickneys, who lived near Ludington, Michigan, at the time, were...

Tahquamenon Area Schools votes to close campus

Sep 1, 2025 | Features

By Sterling McGinn With the first day of school coming quickly on Tuesday, September 2, the Tahquamenon Area Schools (TAS) Board of Education met for a special meeting on Monday, August 25 with a short agenda that focused on considering having a closed campus. The...

Power outage in Village due to transformer failure

Aug 17, 2025 | Features

Shortly after sunrise on Saturday, August 9, the entire Village of Newberry and many surrounding buildings lost power. The 7 a.m. outage was caused by the sudden failure of the village’s sole transformer, which disabled the entire substation that feeds power to the...

Hands-on maple syrup project engages Newberry High students

Aug 12, 2025 | Features

By Carol Stiffler Students in Newberry High School’s biology and physical science classes completed a very practical lesson plan this past spring: they tackled the science of maple syrup. Hollis Yenna launched his first year of teaching the Tahquamenon Area Schools...