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 ...

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 ...

CHRISTMAS TREE DONATIONKoreen Pray (center, left), owner of Kabinetree Koncepts, Houghton Lake, presents Roscommon County Victim Services Unit advocate Sandy Egbers (center, right) with a $500 donatio ...

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 ...

PIE TIE?Two contestants raise their hands simultaneously in a pie-eating contest at the Tip-up Town Outdoor Games Stage Sunday. The event was one of many held last weekend at TUT, which found “kids” o ...

A fire was reported around 4:42 p.m. Tuesday at a home on West Maplehurst Drive, Gerrish Township. The fire resulted in multiple departments from around the area responding, said Gerrish Township Fir ...

STRONG DEFENSEHoughton Lake’s Tyler Bailey (3) and Brody Chudzinski (2) pressure McBain Northern Michigan Christian’s Blair DeZeeuw (10) during the opening half of the Bobcats’ home win over the Comet ...

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 ...

A ‘THANK YOU’ FROM STUDENTSA group of students from Collins Elementary presented a tribute for school board members. Principal Alicia Thompson introduced (from left to right) Adalyn Sullivan, Keira Ha ...

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 ...

AMERICAN DRONESOne hundred drones coordinate in the sky over Houghton Lake during the first Saturday of Tip-up Town, U.S.A. Shelby Harris of Firefly Drone Shows said the drones are made in ...