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What happened in Newberry on the 3rd
By Carol Stiffler The Independence Day parade featured some of the usual suspects - the Newberry...
Luce County needs more cops
By Carol Stiffler If you have an emergency in the dead of night -- say someone is breaking into...
TAS plans 2021 bond vote
By Sterling McGinn The Tahquamenon Area Schools (TAS) Board of Education is beginning the process...
Hospital begins major projects
By Carol Stiffler The patient experience at Helen Newberry Joy Hospital and its clinics will soon...
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Obituaries for the week of 12/20/2023
Shirley Jean Kisabeth April 18, 1939 – December 12, 2023 Shirley Jean Kisabeth, 84, a former resident of Curtis, died December 12, 2023 after a 25-year battle with breast cancer. Shirley died at her...
Six lessons from the movies
Movies inspire me, challenge my assumptions, change my views, break my heart, lift my soul, and, yes, even teach me life lessons. I will share several lessons with you, for better or worse.
Enchanting owls: Your guide to Michigan’s winter birds
These owls spend the winter in Michigan each year for its warmer, balmier weather, which is considerably warmer than the northern boreal forests and Arctic tundra they left behind!
Robust wrestling team dominates week one
The wrestlers from Engadine and Newberry have already gotten off to strong start, led by a blend of experienced leaders and newcomers likely to make an impact.
Lady Indians roll in season opener
It was a nearly perfect performance on night one of a new season for the Newberry Lady Indians Varsity Basketball team, as they took down EUP Conference opponent Pickford 46-29 last Friday.
Obituaries for the week of 12/6/2023
Obituaries for the week of 12/6/2023
Newberry’s Joe Austin retires
Austin, a 2010 Hall of Fame inductee, the architect and then savior of high school football programs around the state, including Engadine in the Eastern UP, and most recently the man behind Newberry’s resurgence, is officially retiring.
The farm that grows Christmas happiness
Merle and Caroline Anderson are living an extraordinary life and can’t comprehend the concept of retirement. To walk away from a job you love is difficult. To let go of a legacy is another story.
Can you identify that leafless tree?
Bewilderment often greets the dormant season forest visitor in terms of tree identification. However, that’s because most of us have been trained to look at only the leaves and are left unfamiliar with the many other signs.
‘People who Care’ meet with TAS
Five members of the community and five staff members of Tahquamenon Area Schools met to discuss ideas for a potential program to allow members of the community to monitor the halls of the high school.
Engadine boys rebuilding with confidence
Young, often outsized, sometimes overlooked, the Eagles plan to catch everyone’s attention not with what they do, but how they do it.
Obituaries for the week of 12/6/2023
Obituaries for the week of 12/06/2023
Getting a good sniff of winter
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