NINE COMPETING FOR MISS HOUGHTON LAKEMiss Houghton Lake contestants will compete for the 2025 title in a “Disco Fever”-themed program Feb. 1 at Houghton Lake Junior/Senior High School. Pictured are (f ...

Denton Township Supervisor Dave DenBoer and Clerk Theresa Wagner were reappointed at a special meeting Jan. 2. Prior to the start of the meeting, Trustee Dick Pedersen chaired the ...

Philip George Haka, 76, Roscommon, died Jan. 13, 2025, at his home in Roscommon. Funeral arrangements have not been determined at this time. He was born Feb. 2, 1948, in Lansing. He attended Sexton ...

Tonya Diane Luu, 48, Flushing, died Jan. 11, 2025, at McLaren-Flint. A memorial service will be held today, (Thursday, Jan. 23),at 3 p.m., at Houghton Lake Wesleyan ...

Pietro “Pete” Dominic Tacconelli, 30, Falmouth, previously of Houghton Lake, died Jan. 14, 2025. A Celebration of Life will be held today, (Thursday, Jan. 23), at 2 p.m., at Christler Funeral Home, ...

A Starbucks is coming to Houghton Lake. Wolgast Acquisition Corporation of Saginaw is planning to open a coffee shop soon, but Denton Township has been given no time frame. Denton Township Zoning Ad ...

Ashley Chmielewski of Roscommon has been named to Ohio Dominican University’s fall, 2024, dean’s list. To make the dean’s list, students must have achieved a 3.5 GPA or better. Chmielewski is a 2022 ...

2025 TIP-UP TOWN MEDALLIONJudson Peters smiles as he holds the 2025 Tip-up Town medallion after he found it after just one clue. Peters also found the medallion last year after four clues. (Photo by ...

The Charlton Heston Academy wrestling team saw action in Mio Friday and Saturday. Friday, it was for a Mio Thunderbolt Girls Invitational, where Olivia Grigsby competed. She lost in th ...

PIE TIE?Two contestants raise their hands simultaneously in a pie-eating contest at the Tip-up Town Outdoor Games Stage Sunday. The event was one of many held last weekend at TUT, which found “kids” o ...

AMERICAN DRONESOne hundred drones coordinate in the sky over Houghton Lake during the first Saturday of Tip-up Town, U.S.A. Shelby Harris of Firefly Drone Shows said the drones are made in ...