2017-07-20

LET THE HOUSE GAMES BEGIN!




“There’s nothing hidden in your head The Sorting Hat can’t see, so try me on and I will tell you where you ought to be.” In preparation for a unit on Harry Potter, the upper grade students at Charlton Heston Academy, who had yet to be “sorted” into their house, received their house assignments through the Sorting Ceremony July 13. […]

Troopers find unusual discovery during traffic stop



Michigan State Police troop­ers from the Houghton Lake Post made an arrest July 12 following a traffic stop for an improper license plate and found an unusual discov­ery . Troopers arrested Kyle C. Knight, 32, Prudenville, following a stop on his vehicle in Denton Town­ship. They stopped the vehicle for an improper license plate and found the man was driving […]

PURE HOUGHTON LAKE



Annalise Vary, 14, of Grand Ledge, took advantage of beautiful conditions to get a little creative in Houghton Lake July 5 as captured in this photo taken by her cousin, Alaina Stimson of Oceanside, CA. Vary’s family has a cottage on Iroquois Avenue and her mother, Pam Vary, wanted to share the “amazing photo” they captured as “the weather and […]

Village accepts $25k offer for former hall




After considering countering the offer, the Village of Roscommon Council accepted a $25,000 cash of­fer for the sale of the former village hall located at 214 and 216 South Main Street. During a July 17 special meet­ing, Village Manager John Rosczyk said the council could choose to ac­cept the offer, counter or keep the list price of $39,900. Prior to […]

Fishel to appeal election commision decision



Village of Roscommon President Dan Fishel has filed an appeal in 34th Circuit Court regarding recall language approved by the Roscom­mon County Election Commission against him. Clerk Michelle Stevenson said Fishel filed the appeal July 17 and 34th Circuit Court Judge Robert Bennett has 40 days, or until Aug. 26, to consider the appeal. She add­ed the recall petition language […]

‘Mini’ Relay For Life Saturday at Trestle Park



A “mini” Relay For Life of Roscom­mon County will be held Saturday at Tres­tle Park. The June 24 Relay For Life event at Bobcat Stadium was cut short due to weather concerns. Set-up is at 6:30 p.m., with the event to run from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. (The rain date for the Mini-Relay is Sunday, July 23.) The luminaria […]

New RCSO K-9 meets commissioners




New police dog K-9 Kato greeted the Roscommon County Board of Commissioners the morning of July 12 ready to play fetch, as Deputy Andrew O’Neil brought him to the meeting to introduce him to the board members. O’Neil said he and Kato have been working with Northern Michi­gan K-9 for training in the areas of drug recovery (narcotics, meth, mar­ijuana […]

PAINTING WITH FRIENDS



A total of 17 people came together the morning of July 18 for a Painting With Friends by Jennifer Austin class at Houghton Lake Public Library. Austin, (standing right) showed the students how to create a sunset paint­ing with two chairs in front of it. HLPL Director Kimberly Young said this is the first time Austin has taught a class […]

Painting together at HLPL



34th Circuit Court



Judge Robert W. Bennett presid­ed in 34th Circuit Court, Roscom­mon, July 11: Brenda L. Carlton, 43, Harri­son, pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine. She was sched­uled to be sentenced Aug. 8. Dis­missed were charges of possession of less than 25 grams of a controlled substance and second degree retail fraud. David J. Loviska, 47, Houghton Lake, pleaded no contest to […]