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Baseball Game Preview: Onaway on Home-Turf
The Onaway Cardinals will be playing at home against the Newberry Indians at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Onaway will be strutting in after a victory while Newberry will be coming in after a loss. Onaway is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season....
Woman who helped brother evade police after homicide takes plea deal
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI – A woman who allegedly helped her brother evade police after he allegedly killed a 30-year-old has taken a plea deal in exchange for a sentence of probation. Regina Williamson, 32, was charged in connection with the death of Darian Taylor, who police and prosecutors contend...
Happy 100th birthday, Emma Crockett
Longtime Newberry resident Emma Crockett hit the century mark this past weekend: She turned 100. Friends and family gathered for a meal and party at the Newberry Assisted Living Community on Saturday, May 4. “They sure know how to party—all of the decorations—everybody was wonderful,” Crockett said. “And all these flowers—I never had so many.”
Student safety focus of Rudyard Area Schools bond proposal on May 7 ballot
RUDYARD — Voters in the Rudyard Area Schools district will see one local item on their May 7 ballots regarding a bond renewal. This is the only item on the ballot in Chippewa County and only applies to townships in the Rudyard district, so only voters in Dafter, Kinross, Trout Lake and Rudyard townships will be participating. ...
Introducing Peninsula Pointe Dance Studio
The Sanders family was recently at a crossroads. The homeschool family has already lived several places in their young lives: Jack Sanders, father and husband, is a field technician for Ponsse. His work takes him across the nation, and he heads into the woods there to repair forest machinery in need. But lately, they were torn between two new opportunities:
Newberry, Engadine track at Pickford
Senior Kennedy Depew had a hand in three first-place finishes, but it wasn’t enough for the Newberry boys to keep pace with Pickford in the Web Morrison Invitational track and field meet in Pickford on Saturday. Depew won the 100m dash in 12.31 seconds, took the 200m (24.82) and...
Luce County Sheriff warns of caller impersonating police
LUCE COUNTY, Mich. (WJMN) — The sheriff in Luce County is warning the community about reports of calls from someone claiming to be a deputy, who is not. Tuesday afternoon, an update from the Luce County Sheriff’s Department on Facebook said the scam was active, with the scammer identifying himself as Deputy William Hall, calling […]
U.P. woman found guilty of assault for cutting child’s hair
SAULT STE. MARIE, MI -- A six-person jury convicted a Sault Ste. Marie woman on a charge of assault and battery after the woman cut the hair of a 9-year-old girl without permission. Rhonda Deuman, 57 was found guilty by the jury in 91st District Court on April 23, according to a press release from Chippewa County Prosecuting Attorney Rob Stratton.
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