The United States is in a state of shock and mourning just a week after mass shootings in both El Paso and Dayton left dozens murdered. Innocent people doing some shopping or having a night ou…
Some recent changes, at least in the scope of the history of the AuSable River International Canoe Marathon, have made the “world’s toughest spectator sport” a little less tough, but not much …
Anyone who has read stuff on the Internet, through websites like Reddit.com, knows that much of the content is put up as a joke. But sometimes that joke is taken seriously to the point that it…
Residents all over Michigan, and especially in the state’s upper peninsula, were aghast at a recent slight against the U.P. that was inadvertently done by the Pepsi-Cola Company through it’s “…
One of the highlights of my year is getting to take fireworks photos during the Independence Day celebration that is held every year in Iosco County. It’s more than just a “point and shoot” ac…
Friday was a busy day for me at the Oscoda Press. I was covering for people who were off, getting pages designed for the coming newspaper, and juggling many different things, when I realized i…
I never knew Denise “Ester” Radgowski, the former owner of the Tawas Bar in Tawas City, as a business owner. Most of my interactions with the woman, who passed away at the age of 68 on June 1,…
A week or so ago I found out that standing in the eastbound lane of Tittabawassee Road, near the on ramp for the 675 Northbound Expressway in Saginaw in the middle of the day is not the best p…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for a few months you’ve undoubtedly heard of the HBO show “Game of Thrones.” For those just coming out from under the rock, the television show is a medi…
I’ve not had cable television for a long time, or I should say, I have not regularly watched cable television for a long time. It was little more than a year ago that I signed up for new Inter…
Over the weekend hundreds of curious creatures deposited themselves in places all over Iosco County, but most notably to Tawas Point. They were not feathered friends heading north again for th…
You really know that it’s spring in Michigan not from the blooming of the daffodils, the greening of lawns, or the presence of robins in gardens. You know it is officially spring in Michigan w…
One of the highlights of my technical drafting, metal shop and industrial arts classes as a high school student was getting to watch a show called Beyond 2000. The show touted technological br…
It’s been a long time since I’ve been in a bustling high school in the morning with hundreds of students milling around, getting stuff from their lockers and heading to their classes before th…
During the two days that techs from Traverse City spent replacing the telephone systems at the Oscoda Press and Iosco County News-Herald last week, the workers all agreed on one thing; the sys…
