Lance Cpl. Steven D. Foster of Houghton Lake is back home by way of Camp Pendleton, CA. He completed four years of active duty in the U.S. Marines and had served seven months in Delaram, Afghanistan. More...
The Michigan Department of Transportation’s (MDOT) Grayling Transportation Service Center (TSC) is scheduled to be relocated to Gaylord later this month and be renamed the Gaylord TSC. More...
The Roscommon County Department of Human Services is looking for adults, married or single, to provide foster care services to local children removed from their homes. More...
Preparing for its 2012-13 fiscal year budget, the Gerrish Township board Tuesday approved resolutions that maintain officials’ current salaries. More...
The Women’s Cancer Support Group, serving Roscommon, Higgins Lake, Prudenville and Houghton Lake, will meet the first Thursday of every month at 3:30 p.m. at Fred’s Restaurant, Roscommon. The group is led by Judy Layton. More...
A call for help to the Facebook world is what Travis Beaulieu, a 22-year-old senior at Michigan Technological University is putting out to the public to help he and his business partner, Joel Florek move on in the Intel Innovators venture competition More...
The American Legion Post #416 Auxiliary is sponsoring a cod fish fry Jan. 20 from 3-7 p.m. at the post on Ford Road, St. Helen. Prices are $7 for adults and $3.50 for children 10 and under. For information call Debbie at (989) 632-3143. More...
The Muskegon River Watershed Assembly (MRWA) was recently notified by the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) that they have been awarded a $211,369 grant to reduce E. coli bacteria in Houghton Lake. More...
The Great Start Parent Coalition will be hosting a Technology Cafe for parents at the Kirtland House on the campus of Kirtland Community College on Jan. 18 from 4-6 p.m. More...
The members of the AuSable River Center are meeting Tuesdays at 7 p.m. for the construction of a cedar strip canoe. The plan is to work on the canoe each Tuesday until it is completed. After completion, the canoe will be raffled off in the spring. More...
Juanita Stokes of the Super 8 Motel, Houghton Lake, was recently presented with the Ralph Sperry Award, given by the COOR Board of Education and ROOC, Inc. More...
As the end of the first semester of the 2011-12 school year approaches, Houghton Lake High School Principal Brent Cryderman is reserving judgment on the school’s “no D” policy, put into place in September. More...
Collins Elementary students in Deb Markiewicz and Tanya Hinkston’s second grade classes pose with the fish they made for the Houghton Lake Ladies Auxiliary fishing contest fundraiser that will More...
Houghton Lake Ladies Auxiliary members, and former TUT Marshal and Mayor, Sue Lulis (left) and Carol Larue collect fish from Collins Elementary students on Jan. 10. More...
Lake Township Firemen will host a spaghetti benefit dinner for Chief Ron Martin on Jan. 18 at the Lake Township Fire Hall. The dinner will run from 4 to 8 p.m. at the hall, 13473 West Shore Dr., Houghton Lake. More...
In preparation for the new Trestle Park to be located in Denton Township on the south shore of Houghton Lake, personalized bricks are being offered for purchase. The township board approved the sale of the personalized bricks last September. More...
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