Luce County loses two to COVID

By Carol Stiffler It had been 7 months and 19 days since Luce County lost someone to COVID, but the county suddenly added two deaths on January 16, 2022. Names of the deceased were not released. Though the deaths came about a month after the Omicron variant of...

LMAS: Public Health Warning

LMAS District Health Department is issuing this Public Health Warning as COVID cases since January 3, 2022 are rising at a rate of 103 every two days. Omicron, like the variants before it, will create minimal symptoms in some people and others will be very ill,...

Want to be an artist in residence in the Porkies?

Michigan Department of Natural Resources Applications are now being accepted for the Porcupine Mountains Artist-in-Residence Program for 2022 spring, summer and fall and winter 2022-2023 residencies. The program is open to artists and artisans whose work can be...

Newberry Area Tourism Association announces new executive director

On December 9, 2021, at their annual meeting in Newberry, the Board of Directors unanimously voted to officially hire Andrew Rasch as their new Executive Director. This change will be effective January 2, 2022.asch comes to the organization with many years of...

Public health warning from LMAS

LMAS District Health Department is issuing this Public Health Warning as COVID cases are rising rapidly, and local hospitals along with public health are facing capacity limits in managing this ongoing surge. We need a majority of residents following basic mitigation...

Threat locks down Tahquamenon Area Schools

The following is a press release from Tahquamenon Area Schools Superintendent Stacy Price: “Today, Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at approximately 1:30 p.m. we became aware of a message on a bathroom stall that indicated a threat to students and staff. “Law...