EAST TAWAS – The annual Fall Harvest event takes place this weekend at Tawas Point State Park.
EAST TAWAS – The East Tawas City Council met on its regular meeting Monday, Sept. 26 and talked to Fire Chief Bill Deckett about a mystery fire.
JACKSON – Community meetings will be held to discuss the future of Consumers Energy’s Alcona, Loud, Five Channels dams Oct. 10-12.
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TAWAS CITY — The night Tawas Area football has been waiting on for almost three years for finally happened. On Friday, the Braves hosted Mancelona in a Northern Michigan Football Conference Legends Division contest, and dominated the Ironmen in all aspects of the game, giving them a 30-8 hom…
WHITTEMORE — Whittemore-Prescott had hoped to hand undefeated and 11th ranked Rogers City its first loss of the season during its homecoming football game on Friday. The Cardinals showed some …
WHITTEMORE — A slew of teams pulling out of the annual Whittemore-Prescott volleyball invitational nearly led to the event being cancelled. The tournament went on with three teams on Saturday …
HALE — The Hale cross country team hosted the second North Star League jamboree of the year on Tuesday, Sept. 27. The Lady Eagles were able to win the meet, as they did in the first jamboree, …
IOSCO COUNTY — The final third of the high school football season is upon us. Two Iosco County team’s were winners last week, and they look to tack on some more wins as they close out the regu…
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LANSING – Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) on Thursday reported Michigan’s first case of West Nile virus (WNV) in a domestic animal.
DETROIT – The Conference of Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers, a Chicago-based organization representing the Governors of the Great Lakes States and the Canadian Premiers of On…
LANSING – Fall is a magical time, as the rainbow of color emerges across the landscape – and brings birds just as colorful.
TAWAS: Anglers reported catching walleye and steelhead straight out past Buoy 2 and toward Alabaster in 40 to 50 feet of water while trolling spoons and body baits. Some walleye were caught ne…
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LANSING – Students at every Michigan high school have a chance to make a difference in their communities and help their fellow teens become better drivers by participating in this year’s Strive for a Safer Drive (S4SD) program.
LANSING — The Michigan Department of Transportation and Michigan Operation Lifesaver are partnering together to raise rail safety awareness during the recent Rail Safety Week. Although most Am…
Even before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, sending the issue back to the states, abortion was a hot topic in the Michigan Legislature. Seventy bills and three resolutions that mention abortion have been introduced in Michigan during the 2021-22 session. Some of those bills have been introduced by Democrats to […]
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The nonpartisan League of Women Voters of Michigan and longtime election experts hosted a press conference Wednesday as a reminder before the Nov. 8 election that certifying results doesn’t need to be complicated — despite what we’ve seen since the 2020 election. In Michigan, election results are certified by county boards and the State Board […]
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(The Center Square) – Prosecutors on Wednesday said they are "assessing" options after a judge dismissed felony charges against seven state officials over the Flint water crisis.
(The Center Square) – Eugene Yu, founder and president of East Lansing-based election software-technology company Konnech, Inc., was arrested Wednesday in Michigan and is facing California charges related to collecting election workers’ personal data and storing it on servers housed in the Peoples Republic of China.
(The Center Square) – Voters will decide three proposals on the Nov. 8 ballot.
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TAWAS CITY – The Economic Alliance for Michigan (EAM) has recognized Ascension St. Joseph Hospital as a recipient of the 2022 Hospital Maternity Care Excellence Award.
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TAWAS CITY — District Health Department No. 2 (DHD2) is now accepting appointments for residents to receive the newly available bivalent Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 booster doses. These booster doses have been approved by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) through Emergency Use Autho…
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After a year off due to COVID-19 concerns last year, Perchville USA returned to the Tawases for its 71st annual rendition. This video is of the Perchville parade on a sunny Saturday morning, Feb. 5, 2022 taken in downtown East Tawas, Michigan. It was a balmy 10 degrees out when the parade re…
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(6 Oct 2022) Back and forth, a rowing boat connects two sides of the Siverskyi Donets River underneath the destroyed bridge above, and brings with it humanitarian aid. (Oct 5)
OSCODA – The Northeast Sunrise Charter Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA) held their 25th fashion show fundraiser, “Reach for the Stars,” at the Lakewood Shores Golf and Country Club Restaurant on Thursday, Sept. 29.
OSCODA — Come see the King of Rock resurrected at the Oscoda American Legion in downtown Oscoda Saturday, Oct. 15 at 6 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m.
TAWAS CITY – Ten McDonald’s restaurants across Northern Michigan, including two in Iosco County, are now under new ownership. Longtime McDonald’s Owner/Operator Cynthia Villaire and her family have purchased two restaurants in Petoskey, as well as locations in Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Indian R…
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