2016-06-30

Celebrate Fourth of July with parades, fireworks



Residents and visitors of Roscom­mon County will have several op­portunities to celebrate the Fourth of July over the coming weekend as three fireworks displays and four pa­rades have been planned. Parades have been planned both on land and water this weekend with events taking place in Lyon Town­ship, the Village of Roscommon, Lake James and Higgins Lake. Parades Lyon Township […]

St. Helen teen arrested for attempted murder

Father stabbed in June 24 altercation

Nathan Willet, a 17-year-old St. Helen teenager, was arrested for at­tempted murder after he stabbed his father with a steak knife on June 24. Willet was arraigned on June 27 on a charge of assault with a danger­ous weapon/felonious assault. He is now waiting for his pretrial, which is set for July 6, on a charge of assault with a […]

‘FLY MY FLAG FOR ME’



Jan and Dave Linderman fold the Navy war flag of Dave Linderman’s father, Kenneth Linderman, as they decorated their home at the corner of Iroquois and Edgewood drives for the upcoming Independence Day holiday Tuesday afternoon. Dave Linderman said his father, who died at the age of 83 in 2002, served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, repairing […]

Group seeking recall of three HLCS board members




A recall effort by some members of the Houghton Lake Community Schools district is underway. Carrying signs that said “resign or recall” and “boot the board” and chant­ing “hey hey, ho ho – the board’s gotta go,” community members – some re­cent graduates – picketed the HLCS school board meeting Monday in pro­test over the resignation of Superin­tendent Brent Cryderman, […]

Swimmer’s itch reports ‘way down’ at Higgins Lake



Now that summer is in full swing, area lakes like Higgins Lake are busy with not only boaters and fishermen, but swim­mer’s as well. Gerrish Township Supervisor Frank Homola said reports of swimmer’s itch are “way down” this year. He credited the two programs that Gerrish Township and Lyon Township put in place, one by Northpoint Fisheries Man­agement, LLC, and […]

34th Circuit Court



The following cases were heard in 34th Circuit Court, Roscommon, May 17: Kattie R. Leffingwell, 31, Kalkaska, charged with larceny in a building and absconding/forfeiting bond, is ready for trial and hearing dates were scheduled. Samantha A. Gibson, 33, Gaylord, is ready for trial on two counts of posses­sion of less than 25 grams of a controlled substance and one […]

82nd District Court



The following were recently ar­raigned in 82nd District Court: Richard T. Carrier, 51, Roscommon, waived preliminary examination and was bound over to Circuit Court on a charge of larceny in a building. Denton Township Police made the arrest. The date of offense was May 15. Bond was set at $2,500. Carrier will be sentenced in Circuit Court. Mark R. Vann, […]

Threats with a blow torch land St. Helen man in jail



A Prudenville man was chased out of a Denton Township residence by a 26-year-old St. Helen man with a blow torch during the early morning hours of June 25. Deputies from the Roscommon County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a Middle Drive residence at 4:56 a.m. for a breaking and entering and assault situation. When deputies arrived on the scene, […]

MSP arrest Houghton Lake woman on drunk driving charges



State Police from the Houghton Lake Post arrested a 55-year-old Houghton Lake woman for driving drunk while transporting a four-year-old passenger on the afternoon of June 25. According to Sgt. David Johnson, troopers observed the woman cross the fog line twice as she traveled westbound on Knapp Road, then made a u-turn at the intersection of Old 27 and continued […]

CAUSE UNDER INVESTIGATION



Firefighters work to extricate driver Danny Bates, 74, of Gerrish Township, from his vehicle after a crash at 959 West Sunset Dr. (County Rd. 100) across from Ye Olde Country Club on the evening of June 27. Sgt. Greg Patchin of the Gerrish Township Police Department said that Bates was westbound when his vehicle crossed the centerline, left the roadway […]