Roscommon freshman Alaina Civinskas finished second at cross country regionals Oct. 25 at Mancelona High School. Shaving nearly a minute off her personal best with a time of 19:14, Civinskas took ...

Houghton Lake’s Griffin Gross (3) fights for the ball against a pair of Ogemaw 2 defenders during the Jackpine/Highland Youth Football Conference championship game Saturday at Harrison. Gross came ...

Roscommon senior Brett Vanacker (5) gains yards during the Bucks’ Oct. 24 win over Tawas. Coach Ryan Sersaw commended Vanacker’s efforts not only in the 30-20 final-game-of-the-season win, but also ...

Hamilton on Foreign Policy By Lee H. Hamilton George Washington’s Farewell Address is one of the key documents of America’s founding era. It’s not as familiar as the Declaration of Independence, the ...

The 34th annual UPS Ed Christmas for Kids auction is planned for Nov. 22 at Lakeside Resort and Conference Center, 100 Clearview Dr., Houghton Lake. Ed “UPS Ed” Piglowski and his wife, Caren, will ...

Wes Windover is procurement manager at Biewer Sawmill in McBain. Northern Michigan mills and foresters that rely heavily on pine are anticipating difficult years ahead. Following an initial glut of ...

The Houghton Lake Community Schools district will seek a Headlee rollback “hedge” on the Nov. 4 ballot. Superintendent Ben Williams said the district’s operational millage of 18 mills was rolled back ...

By Ben Murphy It was close after the first quarter. But, by the end of the night, it wasn’t. The Charlton Heston Academy football team took control of their home North Star League crossover game with ...

Bottom line, the well has run dry. At this time, there will be no benefits issued November 1.” This is the statement on the United States Department of Agriculture’s website, regarding the ...

The Houghton Lake Community Band will start rehearsals for its December concert Nov. 13. Other rehearsal dates are Nov. 20 and Dec. 4. All rehearsals will be held at the high school from 7 to 9 p.m ...

Fools and haters The peaceful, non-violent rallies, involving approximately 7 million (at last estimate) demonstrators across our nation on a rainy Saturday, Oct. 18, were serious and very impressive ...

The Lake Township board, in a split vote, agreed to move ahead with a short-term rental ordinance at a special meeting Oct. 22. Changes were also approved to the township’s Ordinanc ...