NINE COMPETING FOR MISS HOUGHTON LAKEMiss Houghton Lake contestants will compete for the 2025 title in a “Disco Fever”-themed program Feb. 1 at Houghton Lake Junior/Senior High School. Pictured are (f ...

Denton Township Supervisor Dave DenBoer and Clerk Theresa Wagner were reappointed at a special meeting Jan. 2. Prior to the start of the meeting, Trustee Dick Pedersen chaired the ...

Philip George Haka, 76, Roscommon, died Jan. 13, 2025, at his home in Roscommon. Funeral arrangements have not been determined at this time. He was born Feb. 2, 1948, in Lansing. He attended Sexton ...

Pietro “Pete” Dominic Tacconelli, 30, Falmouth, previously of Houghton Lake, died Jan. 14, 2025. A Celebration of Life will be held today, (Thursday, Jan. 23), at 2 p.m., at Christler Funeral Home, ...

Mardean E. Hess, 76, Roscommon, died Dec. 31, 2024, at Munson Healthcare Grayling Hospital. A Celebration of Life will be held Feb. 1, at 1 p.m., at the Grayling Moose Lodge. Her cremated remains will ...

Tonya Diane Luu, 48, Flushing, died Jan. 11, 2025, at McLaren-Flint. A memorial service will be held today, (Thursday, Jan. 23),at 3 p.m., at Houghton Lake Wesleyan ...

William J. Walper, 84, Grayling, died, Jan. 14, 2025. The family will remember him privately at this time. He will be laid to rest in Canada with family. Born Nov. 28, 1940, in Windsor, Canada, he was ...

FIRST AND THIRDOlivia Coleman (right) won first place in the walleye total catch category (2.64 pounds) and Abel Coleman won third place (1.02 pounds) in the panfish total catch category.

After dropping a pair of contests earlier in the week, Houghton Lake finished last week with a varsity girls basketball win over Marion. The Bobcats started the week with a 49-26 non-conference loss ...

A Starbucks is coming to Houghton Lake. Wolgast Acquisition Corporation of Saginaw is planning to open a coffee shop soon, but Denton Township has been given no time frame. Denton Township Zoning Ad ...

Ashley Chmielewski of Roscommon has been named to Ohio Dominican University’s fall, 2024, dean’s list. To make the dean’s list, students must have achieved a 3.5 GPA or better. Chmielewski is a 2022 ...

The Charlton Heston Academy wrestling team saw action in Mio Friday and Saturday. Friday, it was for a Mio Thunderbolt Girls Invitational, where Olivia Grigsby competed. She lost in th ...