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CHIEF RETIRINGGerrish Township Fire and EMS Chief Jim Fisher is retiring, after 39 years on the department. He started as a volunteer (paid, on-call) firefighter and EMT. “It’s time,” he said. (Photo ...

Roscommon nearly overcame 35 turnovers but Manton and their sophomore sharpshooter Aubrey Hiller beat back the Bucks in a 62-47 Highland Conference girls varsity basketball victory. Playing at Manton ...

The Charlton Heston Academy wrestling team sent their boys to Manton for a Division 4 individual district Saturday. The day was highlighted by Jaycob Clark taking fourth in the 120-lb.... You must be ...

In light of the uncertainty surrounding the Gerrish Lyon Utility Authority (GLUA), Gerrish Township is seeking members for its new five-member Health of Higgins Lake Initiative Ste ...

The final head-to-head matches of the Huron Shores Bowling Conference took place Saturday at Thunder Bowl Lanes in Alpena. The teams had a busy day, as each one rolled in doubleheaders.

DTFD FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR(Below) Denton Township Fire Chief Eric Tiepel presents firefighter/EMT Josh Sanford with the 2024 Firefighter of the Year award for his “commitment and service to his comm ...

SHELVING OFF SNOWRoscommon County Road Commission employee Paul Lewis uses a grader to shelf off snow from the side of M-55 Wednesday morning at Houghton Lake, in preparation for the upcoming snowstor ...

Remember Carl Sagan? We yearned for his next Cosmos episode in the ‘80s. We were fascinated with astronomy, science, learning – all the factual information he would share with us weekly was not enough ...

Seven Roscommon wrestlers will get a shot at advancing to the state individual wrestling finals at Ford Field during the regional tournament Saturday at Charlevoix. Four Bucks took second place and t ...

There is plenty of snow on Pioneer Hill, there is plenty of snow at Lyon Township’s Park 27, there is plenty of snow on the ski trails and there is ice on Higgins Lake. Mother Nature has provided ide ...