Two contestants raise their hands simultaneously in a pie-eating contest at the Tip-up Town Outdoor Games Stage Sunday. The ...

Karen Hunt’s fourth grade class at Collins Upper Elementary recently won a “truckload” of books for her classroom, sponsored ...

Former Roscommon County treasurer Rebecca Ragan made her way to Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., for the Jan. 20 ...

One hundred drones coordinate in the sky over Houghton Lake during the first Saturday of Tip-up Town, U.S.A. Shelby Harris of Firefly Drone Shows said the drones are made in the United States. Drone ...

Pietro “Pete” Dominic Tacconelli, 30, Falmouth, previously of Houghton Lake, died Jan. 14, 2025. A Celebration of Life will be held today, (Thursday, Jan. 23), at 2 p.m., at Christler Funeral Home, ...

Houghton Lake’s Tyler Bailey (3) and Brody Chudzinski (2) pressure McBain Northern Michigan Christian’s Blair DeZeeuw (10) during the opening half of the Bobcats’ home win over the Comets Jan. 15. The ...

Ashley Chmielewski of Roscommon has been named to Ohio Dominican University’s fall, 2024, dean’s list. To make the dean’s list, students must have achieved a 3.5 GPA or better. Chmielewski is a 2022 ...

A Starbucks is coming to Houghton Lake. Wolgast Acquisition Corporation of Saginaw is planning to open a coffee shop soon, but Denton Township has been given no time frame. Denton Township Zoning ...

Houghton Lake narrowly missed going 2-0 as a team Jan. 14 during a Mid Michigan/Highland Conference wrestling meet at Benzie Central. Coach Josh Freeman’s Bobcats beat Frankfort, 42-29, but fell to ...

After dropping a pair of contests earlier in the week, Houghton Lake finished last week with a varsity girls basketball win over Marion. The Bobcats started the week with a 49-26 non-conference loss ...

By Lee H. Hamilton Jimmy Carter spent four years as president of the United States and 44 years as ex-president. It’s his extraordinary career as our former president that we are most likely to ...

Compass By Dr. Stacey R. Gedeon We are weeks into 2025, so it begs the question – how are those New Year resolutions going? If you are like many people, you may have unknowingly celebrated “Quitters ...