EAST TAWAS – Following a structure fire which occurred on the evening of July 20 in her East Tawas residence, Judith J. Leslie, 80, passed away on Aug. 4.
IOSCO COUNTY — Iosco County voters elected to approve all township and city millages that were on the Aug. 2 primary election ballot, according to Iosco County Clerk’s office election returns.
OSCODA – In conjunction with members of the Wurtsmith Restoration Advisory Board (RAB), the Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) will be holding the next quarterly RAB meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 17.
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LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel – in conjunction with the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Andrew Birge, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Matthew Schneider, the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Michigan State Police – announced …
ALPENA — With the announcement of Alpena Community College adding a baseball program recently, it led to opportunities for many area student athletes to continue their careers at the next level. On Monday, July 25 the program officially got off the ground, when it held an on-campus signing d…
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OSCODA — Sinking a hole in one is a memorable moment for any golfer. Getting two would be some major bragging rights. But getting nine? That’s something almost unheard of. As unbelievable as i…
IOSCO COUNTY — The summer heat may still have a hold on Northeast Michigan, but there are signs of fall fast approaching. One big sign is that practice for the new high school sports season be…
EAST TAWAS — After finishing in third place in the four team Tawas Womens’ Softball Associations’ regular season, Endless Hair Design caught fire in the post-season tournament on Sunday. The t…
OSCODA — Dash for Cash continues to be an exciting event, seen in Oscoda as an official kickoff to marathon week. On Tuesday, July 26, Dash for Cash was held once again, and was met with rave …
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LANSING – Last year, nearly 7,000 deer hunters voluntarily reported their deer harvest online to help test the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) new reporting system.
LANSING – Join the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Michigan State University (MSU), Tower-Kleber Limited Partnership and Sturgeon for Tomorrow Saturday, Aug. 20, for free sturgeon hatch…
LINCOLN – Project F.I.S.H. is looking for volunteers to teach youth about fishing.
LANSING – Across Michigan, new fledglings have left their nests and are learning what it means to be a bird. Mid-July is also when shorebirds begin their fall journeys, kicking off the migrati…
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EAST TAWAS – Following a structure fire which occurred on the evening of July 20 in her East Tawas residence, Judith J. Leslie, 80, passed away on Aug. 4.
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TAWAS CITY – Following the deaths of two people during a traffic crash in AuSable Township last year, Walter William Willett, 83, Fairgrove, has been bound over to Iosco County Circuit Court.
HARRISVILLE – Jared Paul Staley, 33, of Flushing, was arraigned July 22 in 81st District Court on a charge of OWI–Causing Death, a 15-year felony.
TAWAS Twp. – The Tawas City Fire Department (TCFD), along with the East Tawas Fire Department (ETFD), were dispatched to a structure fire at approximately 12:15 a.m. on July 26.
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TAWAS CITY – Ascension Medical Group (AMG) is pleased to introduce Annie Campbell, physician assistant (PA), to the care team at Ascension St. Joseph Hospital Huron Family Medicine.
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There’s a commonly held belief there are no bad dogs, only bad dog owners. Dog lovers adhere to this motto, and routinely rescue pets from abuse and abandonment.
WEST BRANCH – In a promising development for cancer patients in the northern Michigan region, Ascension St. Mary’s Seton Cancer Institute in West Branch has a new state-of-the-art TrueBeam Radiotherapy System.
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OSCODA — The next act in line for the Rotary Summer Concert Series at the Oscoda Beach Park is the band FLiPSiDE. They will be performing at the park this Thursday beginning at 7 p.m. The band is made up of Lori Keisler on vocals/rhythm Guitar, Bryan Zabel on vocals/lead guitar, Rick Meshew …
HALE – Already known as the largest bogging event in the north, Michigan Mud Jam (MMJ) is preparing to exceed expectations in 2022, during the ninth annual run.
HALE – Already known as the largest bogging event in the north, Michigan Mud Jam (MMJ) is preparing to exceed expectations in 2022, during the ninth annual run.
There was nothing like the early to mid 1970s Tawas summers as a pre-teen neo zoomed dweebie free spirit. There was nary a care in the world, no school days, no dear old golden rule days, and no reading, writing and ‘rithmetic taught to the tune of the hickory stick.
So on my commute from Tawas to Whittemore the other evening, the dial locked into my favorite radio station of 60’s, ‘70’s and ‘80’s endless list of jukebox favorites, the song “Born to be Wild” by Steppenwolf started to play through the speakers.
I just watched the classic movie The Shawshank Redemption the other night, which mentions the town of Zihuatanejo, Mexico. Please just keep that in mind, we’ll come back to it a little later in the story.
It is interesting how certain life situations shape one’s path growing up in a small town like Tawas, and the inevitable “firsts,” if you will, that come without thought or effort.
