2019-01-03

TOOTSIE ROLL SALES

FROM GROCERY STORE TO PANTRY



TUT Kick-off to be ‘Out of This World’ Saturday

Grab your lightsaber and your anti-gravity boots and head over to the Tip-up Town Kick-off Jan. 5. Held at the Columbian Home Hall in Prudenville, this year’s Kick-off is sure to be “Out of This World,” the theme for 2019. Locals and their alien friends may enter through the pod bay doors at 6 p.m. when dinner is served. The […]

Election, August storm, athletic success among top stories of 2018

By Cheryl Holladay, Krista Tacey-Cater and Eric Hamp The book on 2018 has now been closed. It had many chapters. While the country was dealing with national politics, in Roscommon County the Village of Roscommon faced challenges in the form of recalls and personnel changes. Voters made their voices known on school bond proposals and statewide initiatives, including the legalization […]

Garden club meeting horticulturist via webinar Jan. 12

The Kirtland Garden Club will be meeting Jan. 12 at noon at the Houghton Lake Public Library, for a 40-minute webinar by Janet Draper, Horticulturist, from the Mary Livingston Ripley Garden, Smithsonian Institute. “Passion, Plants and Perseverance” is a presentation of diverse plant life from around the world. January’s business meeting will follow. Members, guests and prospective members are invited. […]

Port Sanilac woman dies in NYE head-on collision


A 63-year-old Port Sanilac woman died after a Dec. 31 two-vehicle accident that occurred at approximately 1:08 p.m. on East West Branch Road (M-55) in Backus Township. A Roscommon County Sheriff’s Office report stated the Port Sanilac woman died at Munson Healthcare Grayling Hospital after her 2006 Ford Fusion collided with a 2017 Chevy Trax driven by a 58-year-old Prudenville […]

Village passes ‘conservative budget’


By Krista Tacey-Cater krista.tacey@houghtonlakeresorter.com With a budget approximately $250,000 less than last year’s, Village of Roscommon Manager Ron Alden called the 2019 budget, which was passed at a Dec. 27 meeting, “conservative.” Alden said under advisement of the Village’s auditor, it was decided to take a conservative route because the amount of money the Village will receive in state revenue […]

2019-01-03 E-Edition

SENDING HER OFF WITH LOVE


 

Lepper appointed director of Kirtland Foundation



David Lepper of Houghton Lake has been appointed the new director of the Kirtland Foundation at Kirtland Community College.Lepper attended Kirtland Community College after graduating from Houghton Lake High School in 1970 and then went on to get his Bachelor of Arts at Central Michigan University.With 40 years of fundraising experience, he has managed multi-million dollar campaigns for organizations such […]