OSCODA – A cold windy evening in Oscoda didn’t keep residents away from enjoying festive foods and drinks along US-23 and on Dwight Street.
OSCODA – Eager families lined up outside the Oscoda American Legion on Saturday morning to enjoy the Lions Club 40th annual Christmas Party.
TAWAS CITY – The Iosco County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution, adopting a budget for the 2020 fiscal year, during a meeting held Dec. 11.
OSCODA – Oscoda Township Board of Trustees members have approved the 2020 budget, which outlines the spending of nearly $16 million in the coming year.
TAWAS CITY – Iosco County officials took their first step in lowering building permit costs for Iosco County residents and contractors beginning in 2020, with a vote by the Iosco County Board of Commissioners Committee of the Whole to adopt a new fee schedule.
TAWAS CITY – A cardiac arrest situation can impact people of any age, of any background – and, at any time.
TAWAS CITY – “Everybody comes together. That’s what makes this so special,” says Ruth Danielson, of the annual FISH, Inc. Christmas Gifthouse.
OSCODA – Oscoda Area Schools (OAS) Community Education is set to provide English as a Second Language (ESL) classes to adults starting Jan. 6, 2020.
GRANT Twp. – The Michigan State Police (MSP) have advised that approximately 19 storage units were broken into on Sunday, Dec. 1, in Grant Township.
OSCODA – Oscoda Area Schools (OAS) is offering students additional support through academics, as well as in their social and emotional development through the OAS Mentoring Program.
AUSABLE TWP. – The Special Land Use (SLU) permit decision for boat rental place, Seas the Day, for Greg Leach made by the AuSable Township Planning Commission on Wednesday, Oct. 23, was deemed null and void due to the lack of a public hearing.
OSCODA – Several amendments to Oscoda Township’s Zoning Ordinance 165 were approved by the board of trustees at their Nov. 25 meeting.
EAST TAWAS – A Standish man’s 19-point buck has won the 2019 Oscoda Press and Iosco County News-Herald Big Buck Bonanza contest.
OSCODA – With the recent adoption of a set of plans aimed to steer Oscoda toward a better future, the implementation of this by the township’s Economic Improvement Committee (EIC) is now underway.
TAWAS CITY – A National City woman was sentenced to time served after her guilty plea on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon and one count of malicious destruction of personal property-more than $1,000 but less than $20,000.
OSCODA – The annual Northern Lights Parade and Community Celebration will return this weekend on Saturday, Dec. 7, in downtown Oscoda beginning at 5 p.m.
AUSABLE TWP. – The AuSable Township Board of Trustees met on Monday, Dec. 2, and approved the proposed 2020 budget for the next fiscal year.
OSCODA – Oscoda Township officials, meeting Nov. 25, approved a 13 percent sanitary sewer rate increase, which will take effect Jan. 1, 2020.
TAWAS CITY – Two resolutions regarding the Cedar Lake water level were approved 5-0 by the Iosco County Board of Commissioners, at their Nov. 20 regular meeting.
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GRANT Twp. – The Michigan State Police (MSP) have advised that approximately 19 storage units were broken into on Sunday, Dec. 1, in Grant Township.
TAWAS CITY – A National City woman was sentenced to time served after her guilty plea on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon and one count of malicious destruction of personal property…
WEST BRANCH – On Monday Dec. 2 the Oscoda Owls Girls’ Junior Varisty basketball team took on the JV Lady Falcons of Ogemaw and defeated them by a score of 39-13.
FLINT – Julie Roberts-Decker of Tawas was inducted Saturday into the Greater Flint Area Sports Hall of Fame.
OSCODA – Oscoda senior Lauren Langley has made her name known in the area as a stand-out volleyball and basketball player. With college fast-approaching, Langley has decided to focus her atten…
FLINT – The Tawas Area hockey team played at a fantastic venue on Wednesday, Dec. 4. The Braves battled Grand Blanc at the Dort Event Center in Flint, and while they netted the game’s first go…
WEST BRANCH – New season. Same result.
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Retired DNR employee Jerry Weinrich discusses Native American flint knapping during an AuSable Valley Audubon meeting.