Village misses out on state water funds

By Sterling McGinn Newberry Village manager Allison Watkins announced at the September meeting of the village council that Newberry did not receive funding from the 2024 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, (SRF) which would be used for improvements to areas of aging...

NAMA needs help

By Carol Stiffler More than 380 families rely on monthly food distributions from Feeding America, picking up boxes of food worth about $100 to help them get by. Those distributions are in question now, according to Pastor Kyle Kuehl. He’s the director of the Newberry...

TAS school year launches

By Sterling McGinn Students and teachers are back in the classrooms and hallways of Tahquamenon Area Schools (TAS), as the school year began Monday, September 11. Originally slated for August 28, the start of the school year was postponed for two weeks after supply...

Road work in progress

By Sterling McGinn This summer saw the beginning of earthwork on Luce County Roads 410/407, which is being funded by a $6 million Michigan EDC grant that was secured by Deer Park resident John Waltman. This first phase will improve the roadbed and realign portions of...

Can Columbus Township survive?

By Sterling McGinn The Columbus Township Board is facing an uncertain future. So far, only one individual of the five-member board has decided to run for reelection, which will leave four open seats for the general election in November of 2024. No one has stepped...