Houghton Lake freshman Liam Plainte ran a personal-best to finish sixth overall at Papa’s Pumpkin Patch Invite in Mt. Pleasant Oct. 7. Plainte finished the 5,000m course in 17:54. He was the only high ...

Curtis Michael Kinkella, 73, Prudenville, died Oct. 2, 2025, after a battle with cancer. No service is planned at this time. He was born July 28, 1952, in Grayling, to Raymond and Dorothy Kinkella. He ...

A new development is coming to Roscommon Township. The former Holiday Inn on M-55 (near McDonald’s) will be a billiards-centered hotel. “We feel it will bring new guests to this are ...

SHOPPING FROM THE BIG CITYThe Gibson family – (left to right) John, Joy, Valerie and Hannah – of New York City, while visiting some Houghton Lake friends, stopped in at Arnie’s Arts ’N’ Crafts to buy ...

PARTY BOATBoaters at Bud Bash enjoy perfect weather for a party. Roscommon County Sheriff Ed Stern said this year’s Bud Bash was “calm,” with only a few arrests at the event. (Photo by Ashley Patti) ...

The 2025 AuSable River Canoe Marathon is already making history with a record field of 116 teams. The 77th ARCM field of participants will include paddlers from 21 states, as well as Canada, Great Br ...

ROOM FOR EVERYONEAssistant Program Administrator Laura Frisbie displays the “Rainbow Fish” room, intended for babies eight weeks to 12 months. Each age range will have its own room. The room for the o ...

The Roscommon County Commission on Aging will host its 9th Annual “Meals-on-Wheels” Car Show Saturday. The show will be held at the Roscommon County Fire Training Grounds, 290 Ballenger Rd., Roscommon ...

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ROSCOMMON LIONS TO CONTINUEThree Houghton Lake Lions members, JoJean Thompson, Marc Milburn and Evelyn Milburn, will transfer their membership to the Roscommon-Higgins Lake Lions Club, following the d ...

This year, the 75th Annual St. Helen Bluegill Festival, which begins today (Thursday, June 26), has a theme of “Pirates of the Caribbean.” When it comes to the Grand Parade, which w ...

TAKING A SHOTRoscommon’s Henry Stoyak (9) winds up for a shot as Charlton Heston Academy’s Landon Matzke (7) works to defend him Tuesday night at Roscommon. Stoyak scored the Bucks’ first gal of the g ...