CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONHoughton Lake’s sixth grade basketball teams captured a Mid Michigan Youth Basketball League championship Saturday at Houghton Lake High School. The sixth graders had two teams play ...

QUICK STARTRoscommmon junior Alexis Carper (33) lines up for a shot under the basket as Houghton Lake’s Jayden Peel (5) and Ayscia Bailey (32) look to defend her during the opening half of a rivalry m ...

CLEAN OUT OF THE STARTING GATEThe Houghton Lake Bobcats’ precision in Round 1 earned them a score of 221.2 points. They were on the heels of the first-place Norway Knights team, which earned 229.7 poi ...

CHECKING THEM INToys for Tots volunteers (left to right) Kelly Bowman and Carolyn Pietchak greet a parent receiving toys for Christmas in December, 2018. Pietchak and her late husband, Wendell Pietcha ...

1968 ARCTIC CAT PANTHERDoug Lubahn of Lapeer, a member of the Ogemaw Hills Snowmobile Club, brought a 1968 Arctic Cat Panther P-18, complete with a pull-behind camper, to Tip-up Town for the display. ...

SNOW DAYRiley Mayberry, 9, who lives in Prudenville, but attends Gladwin Community Schools, enjoyed a snow day Monday with her younger sister, Aleah, 6. The sisters, who were playing in a large snowpi ...

UPPER ELEMENTARY STUDENTS OF THE MONTHDecember Students of the Month for Collins Upper Elementary School for third through sixth grades are (front row, left to right) third grader Zoey Gust-Medeiros f ...

SUCCESSFULARTICLE SEARCHRoscommon County Sheriff’s Office K9 Jett had a successful article search Feb. 7. The article search was conducted after Sgt. Dakota Darsow and Jett were called to a domestic v ...

Roscommon juniors Crew Tyler and Toby Bigford are regional champions. The pair won individual wrestling titles at regionals Saturday at Charlevoix. The pair will join teammates freshman Kasen Spencer.

Denton Township police officer Nathan Traver has been promoted to sergeant. At the Denton Township Board’s Feb. 5 meeting, Supervisor Dave DenBoer said Denton Township Police Chie ...

LOWER ELEMENTARY STUDENTS OF THE MONTHNovember Students of the Month at Collins Lower Elementary for kindergarten through second grade are (front row, left to right) kindergartner Keaten Walsh from Am ...

CHRISTMAS TREE BOX TURNED SLEDRiding in a Christmas tree box, Mya Tegler, 12, got a mighty push from her grandfather, Mike Nierman, to give her a good start down Pioneer Hill during the Feb. 15 Higgin ...