RACING TO TWELFTHRoscommon’s Laura Janisse leads a pack of runners as she competes in the Grayling Invitational Monday at Hanson Hills. Janisse took 12th out of 41 runners at the race. (Photo by Athe ...

Roscommon opened Highland Conference varsity volleyball play Sept. 17 at Manton, beating the Rangers in three straight sets. “Manton has an athletic group of girls and a dynamic middle hitter and aft.

Firefighter Neil Snyder (far left) directs (left to right) Kendra Farner, Emilee Lapka, Caleb Winford and Jace Tyson in a ...

BUBBA“Bubba,” the 1,221-lb. pumpkin, sits at Barts Fruit Market, Prudenville, in front of Miss Jeanne’s Pumpkin Patch. Bubba ...

FROM THE EAGLES TO THE BOBCATSMembers of Houghton Lake Eagles Aerie #3201 presented a donation to Collins Elementary Sept. 19 ...

IN MEMORY OF HOPPYKyle Straub (with wreath), grandson of Allen “Hoppy” Harper, longtime firefighter with the Lake Township Fire Department (LTFD), presents a memorial wreath of behalf of his family ...

FOR STUDENT SCIENCE WATER SAMPLINGHiggins Lake Foundation Chair Vicki Springstead presents a $6,000 check to John Ogren, HLPOA board member for the 2024 Student Science Water Sampling Program.

GIVING CHASEHoughton Lake senior Brady Oster (73) chases Beal City quarterback Cuyler Smith (13) as Smith tucks the ball to ...

YOUTH HUNT SUCCESSNoah Washeleski, 15, of Rochester, harvested this 10-point buck during the Youth Hunt Sept. 15 near Higgins Lake. He used a Winchester .30-.30, which belonged to his ...

ENCOURAGING OTHERSDoctor of Osteopathic Medicine Megan Wolbers has worked as a family physician at Munson Healthcare Grayling ...

By Cheryl Holladay Roscommon Area Public Schools elementary students are showing improvement thanks to a new reading curriculum implemented in the district. RAPS Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum ...

The criminal charges against Roscommon County Commissioner Eric Ostergren (District 2) have been “vacated and reversed.” Ostergren, who was found guilty on a charge of “changing the lake level,” in ...