At its February board meeting, the Houghton Lake Community Schools Board of Education began a discussion about seeking voter approval for a “sinking fund.” Unlike a bond that provid ...

OLLRCS STUDENTS CELEBRATE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK(Above) Our Lady of the Lake Regional Catholic School students recently celebrated Catholic Schools Week. Among their activities, they collected needed i ...

Daniel John Ryan, 70, Prudenville, died Feb. 11, 2026, at home. A Celebration of Life will be held May 17 at Rex’s Coney Island, to be officiated by his daughter, Carla Ryan. He was born May 19, 1955, ...

COLD AND COLDERLucas Vanderlugt (left) tips his hat as Alex Yonkers goes in for a belly flop at the 35th annual Polar Bear Dip Jan. 31. The pair from Kalamazoo, dressed as Harry and Lloyd from the mov ...

RHS SENIOR WINTER CARNIVAL REPRESENTATIVESRepresenting the senior class at Winter Carnival are (front row, from left) Payton Johnroe, Kylie Traver, Alexis Carper, Aubrey Bunn, Isabel Valentino, (back ...

The Roscommon Area Public Schools Board of Education re-elected members to their previously held positions for the 2026 year at its Jan. 5 regular meeting. In a motion made by Scott Hess and seconded ...

Michigan State Police troopers seized approximately 68 grams of suspected methamphetamine, as well as four cell phones during a Jan. 28 traffic stop. An MSP press release stated the traffic stop took ...

WATCHING HISTORY FALLWith Lake Street closed to traffic, (from left) Village of Roscommon Department of Public Works employee Andre Janisse, DPW Director Doug Schnell, Village of Roscommon President M ...

SIXTH IN NORTH AMERICASpicer’s Boat City has once again been recognized as one of North America’s Top 10 Boat Dealerships, earning a No. 6 overall ranking in the annual Top 100 Dealers awards presente ...

ROYAL KISS(Top) Tip-up Town Queen Ashley Neville kisses the pike that earned Jacob Woodward of Lansing the “Lambie Lunker” award. The fish weighed 11.94 pounds. Neville’s reign will continue this week ...

FIRST TIME AT ‘HOT SLEDS’Bolton Reams team members work on their Ski-Doo at the test and tune Jan. 30 of Fast Eddie’s Nationals Hot Sleds on Ice. Reams, 16, of Alongac, said this was his first time at ...

KABINETREE KONCEPTSNew OwnerAs of Jan. 2, Mark Wanner of Reed City became the new owner of Kabinetree Koncepts, 2485 W. Houghton Lake Dr. (M-55). Wanner said Kabinetree Koncepts will continue to offer ...