Deer Park Lodge: the perfect place to visit

By Pete Wurdock Property owners around Muskallonge Lake have their own little slice of heaven. Deer Park Lodge is certainly one of those places. After nearly 30 years the previous owners, Mike and Monica Brown turned over the keys to Rick and Kristi Jackson seven...

Great Lakes, great books

By Brian Freitag TASPL Director It’s easy for some to mistake the Great Lakes for the ocean at first. I’ve brought a few people to see Lake Superior for the first time, and that’s what they all say: “It looks like the ocean!” Maybe they’re just trying to flatter my...

Grossman Forestry honored with award

The Association of Consulting Foresters of America, Inc. (ACF) is pleased to announce that Gerald Grossman was honored with its 2023 President’s Award during the association’s national conference in Eugene, Oregon, earlier this month. ACF is a national organization...

Sauna on Kumma: Coming to a beach near you

A pair moving back to the Upper Peninsula have brought a new business with them, literally. Brandon Frisk and Shawnee Rajala have opened up Sauna on Kumma, a mobile Finnish sauna. It’s a traditional wood-fired and stone sauna that seats up to six, but is built...

Birding for beginners: You’ll like it!

By Evan Deutsch Not all that long ago, birding (bird watching as it was called) was considered something older nerdy types did. Not anymore. It is fast becoming popular with people of all ages and abilities. The great thing about birding is the low price of entry. All...

A Newberry superhero gets honored

By Sterling McGinn Newberry’s Fourth of July parade will honor local superheroes, and the Kiwanis Club has picked one Newberry superhero to serve as grand marshal. Peter Rahilly, a first responder and U.S. Army Veteran, is known by almost everyone in town. If he is...