Eleven individuals and a team are now among the members of the Houghton Lake Community Schools Halls of Fame. In a ceremony Saturday evening, the Class of 2025 recipients were honored for their achiev ...

MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH DISRUPTS M-55 TRAFFICA multi-vehicle crash occurred on M-55 Tuesday morning near the Houghton Lake Shell gas station. Roscommon Township Fire Chief Joe Williams said his department ...

SLOW DAY(Above) “It has been a slow day,” volunteer Dylan Akin said, at the oil station. Colder temperatures and some rain may have kept residents away – 1,039 households were served, versus 1,467 hou ...

LIFETIMEOF MEMORIESMary Anne, 90, who has lived in a fieldstone home on Perry Road, Houghton Lake, for the past 66 years, most of it with her late husband, Don Tuck, has plenty of stories to tell. She ...

SUBSTANTIAL LOSSRoscommon Township Fire Chief Joe Williams said the homeowners at 302 Bay City Trl., Houghton Lake, had no power Sept. 5 and were using a generator inside an ice shanty to provide powe ...

Motorists will experience a five-day detour beginning Monday (Sept. 15) on M-55. The Michigan Department of Transportation will be replacing two failing culverts beneath M-55 between Prudenville and I ...

Blake Dean Kearns, 61, Houghton Lake, died Sept. 5, 2025, at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, surrounded by his wife and children. Cremation has taken place and a Celebration of Life will be held ...

The newest class of the Houghton Lake Community Schools Halls of Fame will be inducted this weekend. The group will be honored during the Bobcats’ home varsity football contest Friday against Evart, w ...

THERE AND GONEBefore gray clouds took over the sky Wednesday morning, the sun cast an orange glow over Houghton Lake that was visible from Roscommon Township's Lakeview Park. While the sunrise was sti ...

DAMAGE DONEThis photo was used in an Otsego County restitution case to show significant damage done to the off-trail ecosystem near Lynn Lake. (Screenshot of video played in courtroom) By Austin Rowl ...

BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT RECOGNITION(Above) Rob Romanckly of Romancky Excavating, 1616 N. St. Helen Rd., St. Helen, was recently presented with a certificate of appreciation for the improvements made to ...

LATITUDES NORTH GIFT SHOPPEKimmie Cross (right) and Scott Cross (not pictured) opened Latitudes North Gift Shoppe, 5938 W. Higgins Lake Dr., Higgins Lake, with a soft opening Memorial Day Weekend and ...