Joan O’Hare Murray, of Houghton Lake, died on Friday, February 14, 2025, at her home. Joan will be laid to rest with her husband at Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly, Michigan, at a later date.

CHECKING THEM INToys for Tots volunteers (left to right) Kelly Bowman and Carolyn Pietchak greet a parent receiving toys for Christmas in December, 2018. Pietchak and her late husband, Wendell Pietcha ...

1968 ARCTIC CAT PANTHERDoug Lubahn of Lapeer, a member of the Ogemaw Hills Snowmobile Club, brought a 1968 Arctic Cat Panther P-18, complete with a pull-behind camper, to Tip-up Town for the display. ...

LOWER ELEMENTARY STUDENTS OF THE MONTHNovember Students of the Month at Collins Lower Elementary for kindergarten through second grade are (front row, left to right) kindergartner Keaten Walsh from Am ...

CLEAN OUT OF THE STARTING GATEThe Houghton Lake Bobcats’ precision in Round 1 earned them a score of 221.2 points. They were on the heels of the first-place Norway Knights team, which earned 229.7 poi ...

SNOW DAYRiley Mayberry, 9, who lives in Prudenville, but attends Gladwin Community Schools, enjoyed a snow day Monday with her younger sister, Aleah, 6. The sisters, who were playing in a large snowpi ...

Roscommon juniors Crew Tyler and Toby Bigford are regional champions. The pair won individual wrestling titles at regionals Saturday at Charlevoix. The pair will join teammates freshman Kasen Spencer.

Houghton Lake sophomore Mason Langlois will return to the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 4 State Individual Wrestling Finals this season. Langlois took fourth at regionals Saturda ...

Large “tourism fish” are being planned in Roscommon County, with one of the first to be located in Denton Township. The idea behind the project is to purchase five large composite ...

QUICK STARTRoscommmon junior Alexis Carper (33) lines up for a shot under the basket as Houghton Lake’s Jayden Peel (5) and Ayscia Bailey (32) look to defend her during the opening half of a rivalry m ...

The Houghton Lake Community Schools Board of Education Feb. 10 heard mid-year academic progress reports from building principals. The three principals highlighted academic gains a ...

Spring is just over a month away…as is Sunshine Week, a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of in ...