Three teenage boys, apprehended after a vehicle and foot chase through the woods Tuesday night, were being interviewed at the Houghton Lake State Police post at mid-day Wednesday in connection with a rash of car thefts. Roscommon County Sheriff Francis "Fran" Staley said two of the suspects are 14 years old and one is 15. Sgt. More...

Gerrish Township Police are investigating a personal injury accident that occurred June 24 near Higgins Lake that resulted in a six-year-old boy being airlifted to a Grand Rapids hospital. At about 2:05 p.m., officers were dispatched to a single vehicle-pedestrian accident on E. Higgins Lake Drive near Flag Point Drive in Gerrish Township. More...

Although the Fourth of July is a week away, holiday celebrations in Roscommon County begin this weekend in St. Helen. Kicking off the Independence Day festivities will be a fireworks display at the Richfield Township Airport in St. Helen at dusk June 28. Parking is available at the Richfield Township Park on East Airport Road. Rain date is June 29. More...

After years of calling for- and sometimes helping to pay for- modifications to the Cut River dam, some members of the Higgins Lake Property Owners Association are wondering aloud if the dam should be there at all. HLPOA President Pat Springstead asked Roscommon County Commissioners Wednesday to schedule a meeting in late July to discuss procedures for managing the dam. More...

More than $240,000 in cuts, affecting students and employees at all four Gerrish-Higgins Schools, were approved by the district's board of education as part of its 2008-09 budget June 18. Even with the cuts, the district's general fund budget shows a $497,292 deficit. More...

Not all the financial news was bad for the Gerrish-Higgins School District last week. Dr. Millie Mellgren, superintendent, told the district's board of education June 18 that $15 million in building and site bonds were sold June 12, with interest expenses more than $1 million below projections. More...