By Carol Stiffler At the first in-person awards ceremony since the COVID pandemic, the Michigan Press Association (MPA) announced winners of the 2023 MPA Better Newspaper Contest. For the second year in a row, The Newberry News was named Newspaper of the Year in the...
By Sterling McGinn Columbus Township is facing an uncertain future. The five-member board, which governs the township of approximately 169 citizens, will have four vacant seats following the November election. Three seats include the positions of supervisor,...
By Sterling McGinn More than 50 lake residents and other concerned citizens filled the Luce County Courtroom to hear the future of regulations and possible lake levels in a number of lakes within Luce and Mackinac Counties. The meeting was held jointly between the...
By Carol Stiffler When hunters stumbled upon the long-dead body of a man in the woods of Luce County in 1987, they couldn’t have known they were stepping into the middle of a mystery. The man was between 23 and 30 years old, had reddish brown hair, a small mustache,...
The Michigan Department of Treasury announced that more than $87 million is being distributed among 269 municipalities and counties as a part of the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act. Over the next few days, 99 cities, 30 villages, 69 townships and 71...
By Sterling McGinn To comply with regulations from EGLE (Environment Great Lakes and Energy), the Luce and Mackinac County Commissioners held a joint meeting in Newberry on Monday, March 4 regarding the much-contested dam and water levels on Big Manistique Lake....
