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 ...

Aerie 3201 offers dining, entertainment, and community events in Roscommon Township, Michigan, as part of the Fraternal Order of Eagles.

INFORMATION FOR SENIORSTalking with Sandy Egbers of the Roscommon County Victim Services Unit is John Van Coillie of Lewiston. Nearly two dozen groups and businesses were represented at the Senior Exp ...

Jack Bergman, our federal congressional representative, has chosen to shut our United States government down. Apparently, he doesn’t care if many people in Roscommon County and in our country do not h ...

‘THE FLASH’ VERSUS ‘THE SONIC’(Top) Roscommon County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officer Austin “The Flash” Martin (left), whose running will show off a “gas and smash” running style, and Houghto ...

THERE IT IS!Sculptor Bob Batchik (standing, left) of Sunfish Woodworks, Sylvan Lake, unveils fish No. 3 on Roscommon County’s Fresh Water Trail Oct. 4. The sculpture is of a brook trout. The Village o ...

The Roscommon County Sheriff’s Office is now part of the federal government’s 287(g) program, which allows for a partnership between the RCS ...

COULD HE BE REAL?Houghton Lake Area Tourism Bureau Vice President Kurt Beachnau (far left) and President Dave Clouse unwrap an object on the shore of Houghton Lake at Lyman’s on the Lake Oct. 2. The H ...

GETTING BACK ON THE ROADMartha Wieland of Beulah attended a Michigan Secretary of State Road to Restoration mobile clinic Oct. 2, saying she came prepared with documentation. She first met with Amy Wr ...

The Kirtland Garden Club will be going on its final field trip of the year Oct. 20. The group will take a self-guided tour of Black Cap Farm Native Plant Nursery, Onekama. Black Cap Farm was establish ...

Helen R. Gretzinger, 101, Houghton Lake, died Sept. 28, 2025, at King Nursing and Rehabilitation Community, surrounded by her family. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Memorial ...

A celebration of the people and community of Roscommon is in the works for Saturday with the annual Rocktober Fest. Rocktober Fest, which will be held Saturday, Oct. 4, from 1 to 10:30 p.m., will feat ...