This year’s Tip-up Town Medallion is a round, wooden medallion, accented with iridescent flecks in the inset, overlapped with ...

A group of ice fishing shanties has formed near the south shore of Houghton Lake. This photo was taken Jan. 10 around 9:30 ...

With Tip-up Town fast approaching, Collins Elementary School students are getting in on the fun and tomfoolery of the winter festival. Third graders Joei Dillon (left) and Brooklynn Kietzman (right), ...

Shot clinics are planned Jan. 18 and Feb. 15 at the Roscommon County Animal Shelter. The clinics will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at RCAS, 1110 Short Dr., Prudenville. The clinic will offer rabies ...

The Friends of the Roscommon Area District Library (RADL) invites book lovers to come to RADL and play “Bingo for Books!” Friends will host bingo Tuesdays, Jan. 28, Feb. 25 and March 25. It will be ...

A final safety meeting of area law enforcement agencies and Roscommon County Emergency Management to prepare for Tip-up Town 2025 was held Dec. 4, 2024. Like last year, the Grand Parade route will be ...

By Cheryl Holladay The Houghton Lake Community Schools Board of Education is considering a proposal from Spicer’s Boat City to purchase some land just east of the Houghton Lake Junior/Senior High ...

By Dr. Gary Roberts President Kirtland Community College Happy New Year! We have a lot to share this month about Kirtland ...

Don Peer is pictured outside of the former Hub Supermarket, with a Leader Dog, collecting money during a Houghton Lake Lions Club White Cane Drive. I am both shocked and saddened to learn that the ...

Captured a panther William Nestell has captured a large panther. It is commonly called a puma or American lion or cougar. It is the largest of the cat tribe. Its length is six and one half feet, the ...

Charly Mathews of Grayling, Kay Vincent of Houghton Lake and Jean Tornga of Roscommon work on their individual projects at ...

Joe Mickiel “Mike” Wagster, 81, Roscommon, died Jan. 8, 2025, at home, in the presence and comfort of his family. He was born ...