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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ronald Frederick Nolan, 77, Roscommon, died Aug. 11, 2025, in Grand Rapids, in the presence and comfort of his family. A memorial service will be held for family and friends in late September 2025.

A GREAT CATCHA sunfish catches some rays from its new home at Sullivan Beach in Prudenville. The fish sculpture is the second of five in the Fresh Water Trail, a tourism project that will place sculpt ...

TAKING A SHOTRoscommon’s Henry Stoyak (9) winds up for a shot as Charlton Heston Academy’s Landon Matzke (7) works to defend him Tuesday night at Roscommon. Stoyak scored the Bucks’ first gal of the g ...

NEW LEADERSHIPOur Lady of the Lake Regional Catholic School has a new priest, Father Matthew Cowan. He is pictured with Angie McKuen (center), who took over as principal from Michelle Johnson, and Pau ...