Mar 3, 2021 | News
By Carol Stiffler A 10-year-old girl is dead after a shooting in Lakefield Township on Tuesday, February 23. Michigan State Police troopers responded to a 911 call from a home in Lakefield around 8 p.m. that evening. Investigation by the officers revealed the girl’s...
Mar 3, 2021 | News
By Carol Stiffler Information has changed many times during the present pandemic. And now that there are three vaccines approved in the United States – with the recent addition of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine – there’s even more...
Feb 24, 2021 | News
A 26-year-old man with ties to Florida and Illinois became suicidal, threatening to take his life on February 14. After his girlfriend called for help, the Luce Sheriff Department sent a deputy, and the man assured them he wouldn’t take his own life. When the...
Feb 10, 2021 | News
By Carol Stiffler When shoppers enter Everson’s Home Furnishings in Newberry, they’ll get a really good look at the carpet on the floor. That’s unusual because owner Jim Everson usually has the store so full of furniture that you can hardly see the carpet. Thanks to...
Feb 3, 2021 | News
By Sterling McGinn After our town suffered from a major snowstorm about a hundred years ago, a contraption known as the Sno-Go would clear the way. Luce County Road Commission engineer Sanborn C. “Shorty” Sleeper brought the first Sno-Go to the Newberry area in 1928,...
Jan 29, 2021 | News
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) announced today that it has approved Enbridge Energy’s application for certain permits required to build a utility tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac. If constructed, the tunnel would house a...
