Two contestants raise their hands simultaneously in a pie-eating contest at the Tip-up Town Outdoor Games Stage Sunday. The ...

A group of students from Collins Elementary presented a tribute for school board members. Principal Alicia Thompson ...

Karen Hunt’s fourth grade class at Collins Upper Elementary recently won a “truckload” of books for her classroom, sponsored ...

Koreen Pray (center, left), owner of Kabinetree Koncepts, Houghton Lake, presents Roscommon County Victim Services Unit advocate Sandy Egbers (center, right) with a $500 donation to the VSU. This year ...

Former Roscommon County treasurer Rebecca Ragan made her way to Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., for the Jan. 20 ...

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 ...

One 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 the United States. Drone ...

Houghton 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 Comets Jan. 15. The ...

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 Fire ...

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 ...

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 ...

Compass By Dr. Stacey R. Gedeon We are weeks into 2025, so it begs the question – how are those New Year resolutions going? If you are like many people, you may have unknowingly celebrated “Quitters ...