Two pilots for the University of Michigan's Survival Flight demonstrated how critically ill or injured patients are loaded into a Cessna Citation Jet for travel. More...
A new Relay for Life team, Team Memory, is planning two fund-raisers for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life Roscommon event July 14-15. More...
The first springtime Household Hazardous Waste Day was deemed a success, according to Roscommon County Solid Waste Recycling Coordinator Barb Stauffer. "It went over very well," she said of the Saturday collection. More...
Preparing for its 2007-08 budget, the Houghton Lake Board of Education Monday tabled an amendment to the current budget. A budget hearing is set for June 25 prior to the regular board meeting. More...
Hazel Christine Hubert, 69, Harrison, died June 8, 2007, at Mid Michigan Regional Medical Center, Clare. A memorial service is scheduled June 12 at 1 p.m. at Stocking Funeral Home, Harrison, with the Rev. Calvin D. Long officiating. More...
Harry E. Matthes, 79, Marine City, formerly of St. Helen, died June 10, 2007, at his home in Marine City. Private services with urn interment took place in Fairview Cemetery, St. Helen. Bower-Rose Funeral Home, Marine City, handled arrangements. More...
Ronald Howard Webb, Higgins Lake, died June 14, 2007, at the age of 72, as a result of colon cancer that had spread to his liver. Christler Funeral Home More...
Curves' Houghton Lake location will celebrate its seventh year with an open house June 11. The public is welcome to attend and try the 30-minute workout, which combines resistance training, cardio fitness and flexibility exercise. More...
Jason Vanacker, assistant regional vice-president of the Northern Lower Chapter of Michigan Geocaching Organization, prepares to take harmful trash from the woods in Denton and Richfield Townships to the Household Hazardous Waste Day collection sit More...
Have you ever been stumped by your child's questions while walking in the woods, or wondered aloud about the sights and sounds of the outdoors? Do you know that Michigan forests helped build cities such as Chicago and Detroit? More...
Walleye fisherman Terry MacKillop (left) sends out a planer board as he trolls one of his spots on Houghton Lake Wednesday morning with his brother Brian of Howell. More...
Edward R. and Donna M. Gray of Prudenville will soon celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary by hosting a family dinner. Edward Gray and the former Donna Graham were married June 28, 1947, at St. John Catholic Church, Ypsilanti. More...
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cobb Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cobb, Houghton Lake, are recognizing their 50th wedding anniversary this week. The former Carolyn Van Hoose married Donald Cobb June 7, 1957, in Clare. More...
Dina Daniels, daughter of Robert and Joyce Daniels of Houghton Lake and Andreas Roth, son of George and Edith Roth of Marietta, GA, announce their engagement to be married. A wedding date has not been set. More...
For the second straight time, M33 Access' Internet partner, Kirtland Community College, has been recognized as one of the most technologically advanced community colleges in the nation. More...
Students of the month at Houghton Lake Middle School for May were presented with certificates June 1 for their explempary attitudes and behavior. More...
AMVETS Post 13 Ladies Auxiliary of Higgins Lake recently awarded four $500 scholarships to seniors graduating from Houghton Lake and Roscommon High Schools. More...
One of two pilots that flew a University of Michigan Survival Flight aircraft to Houghton Lake Sunday was killed in a crash the next afternoon near Milwaukee, WI. More...
Saying she was "not accustomed to bargaining in public," a teachers' union representative told the Houghton Lake Board of Education she was not at Monday's special meeting on the "best grounds. More...
More optimistic pictures of the Gerrish-Higgins School District's financial status and the area's economy could spare the district from drastic program cuts in the 2007-08 fiscal year. More...
A 21-year-old Roscommon man faces multiple charges after he allegedly vandalized a fence in Roscommon June 3. As Roscommon County Sheriff's deputies patrolled on Lake Street near Seventh Street, their car hit an object in the road. More...
A 19-year-old driver who had been drinking was unsuccessful in his attempt to avoid the notice of Richfield Township Police officers June 2. Officers had stopped for coffee at the Marathon station in St. Helen at 2:40 a.m. More...
The Houghton Lake High School varsity baseball team fell in Districts against Pinconning June 2, losing 4-2. The 'Cats got on the scoreboard first, in the top of the opening inning. More...
None of the three Roscommon County track athletes placed at the Division 3 State Finals June 2 in Comstock Park. Houghton Lake's Nicole Pruitt and Jacob Cooley did not make the top eight in the shotput and long jump, respectively. More...
To the people watching the demonstration at the airport Sunday they were observing two professional pilots explain just a small part of their jobs, loading a critically ill or injured adult or child into a jet airplane for transport. More...
An effort to clean up 80 illegal dump sites in the forests of Roscommon County will be made June 16 by members of the Northern Lower Chapter of the Michigan GeoCachers Organization. More...
I just wanted to let Mrs. Rusmisel know I am no coward, but I fear my children would have had the backlash from her taken out on them if I stated my name. As for Mr. More...
As a life member of this community and Houghton lake graduate (1996), I find that reading the letter to the editor directed toward Houghton Lake Community Schools has put a bad taste in my mouth. More...
Well, first of all, I find it hard to believe that there were 20 medical emergencies. Especially all of them in one day. Now to me that does sound just a little too strange. More...
While the festivities of the 60th Dawn Patrol at Blodgett Memorial-Roscommon County Airport were ongoing, a Houghton Lake resident was taking a Wings of Mercy flight for medical treatment in Illinois. More...
The AuSable Free Clinic has a new location in Grayling. Beginning last Monday, the clinic is in the Mercy Specialty Services Building, at 1250 East Michigan Ave. More...
The Roscommon Steel Drum Band and the Catch and Release Blues Band will perform at the gazebo on the CRAF Center lawn in Roscommon at 7 p.m. June 13. More...
Groups looking for financial support for their artist endeavors are encouraged to attend a grant writing workshop at Kirtland Community College on Friday. More...
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