HARRISVILLE – Join the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Tuesday, April 4, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., to learn about a recent study of the Black River Mouth Boating Access Site in Alcona County. The study addressed the causes of moving sand at the site and alternatives that could alleviate…
SAULT STE. MARIE – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, Soo Project Office will open the Poe Lock, 12:01 a.m., March 25, marking the 2023 Great Lakes shipping season start.
EAST TAWAS – Huron Shores Chapter Ducks Unlimited is holding its annual Membership Dinner on Saturday, April 1.
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GAYLORD – Some losses cause more pain than others. For the Tawas Area boys’ basketball team, their 57-52 Division 3 regional semifinal loss to St. Ignace on Monday, March 13 at Gaylord, was certainly one that is going to sting for quite some time.
WHITTEMORE – The Whittemore-Prescott girls wrestling team had a fantastic showing at the individual state finals at Ford Field on March 3 and 4. So good in fact that the Lady Cardinals earned …
WHITTEMORE – The Whittemore-Prescott youth wrestling team had a big showing at their regional tournament recently, where 11 team members took part.
TAWAS CITY – Tawas Bay Brawlers, the youth wrestling program at Tawas, recently competed in a state tournament.
TAWAS CITY – Whittemore-Prescott trailed by five points at halftime of its Division 3 boys basketball district opener at Tawas Area on Monday, March 6. Facing Oscoda, a team the Cardinals had …
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HARRISVILLE – Join the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Tuesday, April 4, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., to learn about a recent study of the Black River Mouth Boating Access Site in Alcona Cou…
SAULT STE. MARIE – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, Soo Project Office will open the Poe Lock, 12:01 a.m., March 25, marking the 2023 Great Lakes shipping season start.
EAST TAWAS – Huron Shores Chapter Ducks Unlimited is holding its annual Membership Dinner on Saturday, April 1.
CRYSTAL FALLS – A 42-year-old Wisconsin man was killed Thursday morning, March 2 when the snowmobile he was operating crashed into an approaching trail groomer.
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OSCODA – Authorities have provided an update on an incident which occurred in Oscoda Township on March 10. As reported last week, after being dispatched for a shooting at about 6:50 p.m., the Oscoda Township Police Department (OTPD) located an injured person on scene at an address on Potomac Road.
LANSING– Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared March 19-25 as Michigan’s Severe Weather Awareness Week, and the Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division (MSP/EMH…
OSCODA – The Oscoda Township Police Department (OTPD) was dispatched to an address on Potomac Road, at approximately 6:50 p.m. on Friday, March 10, for a shooting.
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TAWAS CITY – Ascension St. Joseph Hospital has been recognized as a 2023 Top 100 Rural & Community Hospital in the United States.
TAWAS CITY, MI – Rose Goick Saddler has been named by Becker’s Hospital Review to its 2023 list of “Rural Hospital CEOs to Know.” She currently serves as administrator for two Northeast Michigan rural community hospitals: Ascension St. Joseph Hospital in Tawas City, and Ascension Standish Ho…
TAWAS CITY – February is American Heart Month and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women, but many cardiac events are preventable.
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TAWAS CITY – January may have been mild, but there is still plenty of winter weather ahead. When the snow starts falling and temperatures drop, many people stay indoors and are less physically active.
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The Tawases celebrated its 73rd annual winter festival, Perchville USA, Feb. 3-5, 2023. This video of the Perchville Parade was taken at about 10:45 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023 in downtown East Tawas. The parade began at 10:30 a.m. in Tawas City Fire Department along Mathews Street, then …
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Gwyneth Paltrow insisted on the witness stand that a 2016 ski collision at an upscale Utah resort wasn’t her fault, claiming it began when the man suing her ran into her from behind. See Paltrow's full testimony from Friday, March 24 in a Park City, Utah courtroom here.
TAWAS CITY – A team of sixth, seventh and eighth grade students from Tawas Area Schools competed at the regional MathCounts competition held last month on the campus of Saginaw Valley State University.
OSCODA – Twenty Oscoda Area High School band students recently participated in the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association (MSBOA) District 9 Solo and Ensemble Festival. The event was held last month at Tawas Area High School and included students from 13 area school districts.
EAST TAWAS – American Legion Auxiliary Unit 211 will hold a Spring Craft & Antique Show Saturday, April 1, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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