By Cheryl Holladay The Houghton Lake Community Schools Board of Education Monday approved two-year contracts for the Houghton Lake Education Association (HLEA) and Houghton Lake Educational Support ...

Article provided by the Michigan Department of Transportation Memorial Day weekend kicked off what is often referred to by traffic safety experts as “the 100 deadliest days,” with a dangerous spike in ...

By Melinda Myers Sunflowers are one of those happy plants many gardeners can’t resist planting. Kids love to watch the plants reach for the sky and everyone enjoys all the visitors. You are likely to ...

Tire stop volunteers Lisa Sutton (left) and Roscommon County Road Commissioner (District 3) Rex Wolfsen talk with Judy Maass of Denton Township. Roscommon County Recycling Committee Coordinator Scott ...

(Left to right) Houghton Lake High School senior Sidney Horski, maintenance employee Doug Marra, sophomore Qiaden Lindsey, senior Trisha Kartz and Houghton Lake Community Schools Director of ...

Chartier holds a hummingbird while Kaycee Lewis of Grayling looks up close. Chartier is one of three people in the State of Michigan licensed to band hummingbirds. Lewis attended with her sisters, ...

A MEDALHoughton Lake freshman Julia Sergeant runs toward the pole vault pit as she makes an attempt at the Division 3 State Track Finals Saturday at Kent City High School. Sergeant, who holds the high ...

First Presbyterian Church of Forest Lake Youth Group members (from left) Margaret Boberski, Anna Jasper and Beckett Gore work to remove the siding from the Metro Park concession stand June 9. The ...

The Houghton Lake Chamber of Commerce will host a Touch-a-Truck event June 14. At the free, family-friendly event, children can climb onto various commercial vehicles and honk the horn or flash the ...

The following were recently arraigned in 82nd District Court (all defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law): Martin E. Clark, 63, Toledo, OH, demanded ...

Roscommon Rotarian Tom O’Brien (left) and Roscommon Council President Mike Miller, along with Village of Roscommon Manager Ron Alden (hidden) unveil the new Kirtland’s warbler sculpture, located on ...

By Lee H. Hamilton If there’s an American creed, it’s expressed by the first words of the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that ...