Kids enjoy the spray from a fire hose, using the water to cool off and rinse off the bubbles from the foam machine. The evening sun caught the water droplets, creating a rainbow while the kids played.

Community Educator Zach Krahne of MidMichigan Community Health Services assists Jessica Gustafson (holding 18-month-old Raelynn Fredenburg) with a new car seat at MidMichigan Community Health Services ...

HOUGHTON LAKE PRESCHOOLHoughton Lake Cooperative Preschool is among the nearly 300 businesses across Michigan to receive a Going PRO Talent Fund Award. Pictured are (left to right) Michigan Works! Reg ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources, with help from many conservation partners, is halfway through completion of a $5 million grant project to remove 27 stream barriers, including 16 ...

SENSOR ATTENDsWHITE HOUSE STATE LEADERSHIPCONFERENCERoscommon County Board of Commissioners Chair Darlene Sensor attended The White House State Leadership Conference in June. The conference was hosted ...

RETIRING FROM SPICER’SDon Wigard, a 37 ½-year employee of Spicer’s Boat City, is retiring tomorrow (Aug. 15). He said he will miss not only the camaraderie of his fellow employees but also that of his ...

Brittany Pratt, mother of Dustin Pratt, who is recovering from burns he suffered after falling into a fire, thanked his friends (left to right) Ben, Jeffery, Sawyer and Noah, for hosting a lemonade ...

K9 Officer Loki is retiring from the Michigan State Police. His handler, Trooper Adam Whited of the Houghton Lake Post, said the nine and a half year-old dog has “done a great job for everybody.”\b ...

Boaters 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) Boaters ...

More than 175 classmates (and their spouses and guests), retired staff and board members recently attended the annual All-School Gerrish-Higgins/Roscommon Alumni Reunion. The range of students ...

The 2025 class being inducted into the Houghton Lake Community Schools Halls of Fame has been announced. The group will be honored during the Bobcats’ varsity football contest Sept. 5 against Evart.

By Eric Hamp on August 07, 2025 David J. Loviska, 55, Houghton Lake, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on charges of possession of child pornography by United States District Judge Thomas J.