By Glenn Schicker glenn.schicker @houghtonlakeresorter.com
Many of the more than 200 St. Helen residents who attended a meeting with the Roscommon Area Public Schools Board of Education Monday night vented their frustration over the board's decision to close the elementary school in their community. More...
Two Grayling motorcyclists were injured in collisions with cars in Roscommon County last week. Harold W. Vansickle, 64, was taken to Grayling Mercy Hospital after a collision at the corner of Fifth and Shelley Streets in Roscommon Sept. 23. More...
A 33-year-old Houghton Lake Heights woman was arrested by State Police at a residence on Clare Avenue Sept. 28 on a felony fraud warrant filed in Minnesota. More...
Skylar Davis of Merritt shot his first buck during the youth deer hunt Sept. 26 at 7:03 a.m., just as soon as it was light enough to see. He shot the 7-pointer from 100 yards while hunting in Blanchard. The buck has a 17-inch spread. More...
The Quest Golf Club of Houghton Lake defeated Fox Run Country Club 18.5 to 16.5 in their annual "Ryder Cup" like matches, held at Fox Run this year Sept. 16 and 17. More...
The preamble to the U.S. Constitution states that part of the rationale for its adoption was to promote the general welfare." So the outcry against a potential national health insurance program (which has yet even to be drafted) is puzzling. More...
By Janet Neilson By now, Americans are familiar with the stories of Canadians who would have died because of their government's health care rationing had they not been able to get care in the United States. More...
Patricia Kloberdanz, the 89th supreme president of the Benevolent, Patriotic Order of Does, and her husband, Richard, will visit the Houghton-Higgins Lake Does Drove 149 Oct. 8-10. They will travel from their home in Akron, CO. More...
Hospice of Helping Hands will be starting a new grief support group at Horizon Senior Living, St. Helen. The group will meet for five consecutive Wednesdays, Oct. 7, 14, 21 and 28 and Nov. 4, from 1 to 2 p.m. More...
Couples dance to the music of Virgil Baker and the Just 4 Fun Polka Band during the first Roscommon Oktoberfest Sept. 26. The event at the Knights of Columbus Hall was sponsored by the Roscommon Rotary Club and the Knights of Columbus. More...
By Cheryl Holladay cheryl.holladay @houghtonlakeresorter.com
With a buyer interested in purchasing Prudenville and Merritt Elementaries, the Houghton Lake Board of Education is considering selling the closed buildings. More...
Newly elected Houghton Lake Homecoming royals, (clockwise from upper left) 2009 Homecoming Queen Shauni Nielsen, King James Leedy, along with Prince Kyler Wilson and Princess Jade Kauffman, beam from the 50 yard line on Bobcat Field Friday night afte More...
Lawsuits filed No. 8177, FIA Card Services, N.A., vs. Sandra J. Bornholdt, Roscommon, complaint to enforce arbitration award; No. 8183, Apex Commercial Capital Corporation vs. Douglas D. More...
Josette Marie Coon, 50, Prudenville, died Sept. 22, 2009. A service was held Sept. 26 at St. Agnes in Marion, with Fr. Jack Legoe and Fr. Joe Fix officiating. Fosnaught-Holdship Funeral Home, Marion, handled the arrangements. More...
Finally, the Kirtland Community College men's and women's cross country teams can say they ran on the "home turf" after hosting the first-ever Firebirds Invitational on Sept. 25. More...
Once a month Project Help Our People Eat (H. O. P. E.) distributes packages of canned food including chicken and canned juices and bags full of good things. I thank the men who carry the bags of food outside. More...
Kristen Marie LeGarie, daughter of Joe and Debbie LeGarie of Houghton Lake and Greg and Gwen Bush of Houghton Lake, and Aaron Ensign Olko, son of Robert and Doreen Olko of Lake Orion were united in marriage Aug. More...
Pvt. Ryan Vogel graduated from the U.S. Marine Corps boot camp Sept. 11 and will return to Camp Pendleton near San Diego for marine combat training. More...
Women facing unplanned pregnancies and choosing to have their babies will soon have a center in central Michigan that offers resources for expectant mothers. Joshua's House, a new maternity home with centers in Midland, Mt. More...
Michalina Wargo, sixth, seventh and eighth grade teacher at Our Lady of the Lake School, is the school's new principal. Pictured with Wargo, second from left, are OLLS students (left to right) Brianna McGregor, Taylor Mace and Breanna Tribelhorn. More...
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