OSCODA – Downtown Oscoda businesses have an opportunity to apply for $10,000 grants for façade improvements in 2023.
OSCODA – The Oscoda Township Board of Trustees is moving forward with two off-road vehicle (ORV) initiatives within the township. The first step, of a multi-step process, is for the township to obtain a letter of approval from the Iosco County Road Commission.
OSCODA – Board members of the Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport Authority (OWAA) held their annual election of officers during their regular meeting on Jan. 19.
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MICHIGAN — With three weeks to go before the Nov. 8 general election, absentee ballot numbers continue to grow –with 1.7 million already sent to voters who requested them and 432,960 returned. Three weeks ahead of the 2018 general election, 912,872 absentee ballots had been requested. A brea…
LANSING — As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Cancer Section is sponsoring a Women’s Health Partnership Campaign a…
LANSING — On National Voter Registration Day, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced its partnership with the State of Michigan to provide voter registration information and as…
LANSING — The public is invited to attend a virtual meeting hosted by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) on Monday, Oct. 3, regarding the list of prescription drugs c…
LANSING — Before the leaves start to turn and fall, thousands of Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Adopt-A-Highway volunteers began to fan out across the state to collect litter alo…
OSCODA – The Oscoda swim and dive team welcomed in a pair of squads from the upper peninsula on Monday, Jan. 23. The Owls racked up 455 points, finishing behind Sault Ste. Marie which had 566 points and finishing ahead of Rudyard, which had 250 points.
HALE – Trailing by seven points with just three minutes to go in their home North Star League boys’ basketball crossover game with Oscoda, things didn’t exactly look promising for Hale. The Ea…
OSCODA – Thursday’s key North Star League Big Dipper girls basketball match-up at Rogers City was going about as well as Oscoda could have hoped for through the first three quarters.
OSCODA – The Oscoda wrestling team took part in a make-up North Star League tri-meet on Wednesday, up in Alcona.
BAY CITY – The Huron Shores Bowling Conference teams made the trip south down to Bay City’s Monitor Lanes on Saturday for their latest matches.
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Looking for your next big fish adventure? Check out the new Master Angler Program map from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
ALABASTER Twp. – Members of the Alabaster Township Parks and Recreation Committee are inviting the public to a guided “Winter Walk” through the Lake Huron Coastal Preserve.
OSCODA – The 26th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) will take place Feb. 17-20. Residents of Iosco and Alcona counties will have an opportunity to submit valuable data to researchers abo…
LANSING – Each winter, Michiganders get a chance to glimpse the large, magnificent snowy owl – and this species’ appearance across the state attracts a lot of attention. However, According to …
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TAWAS Twp. – A Tawas Township man who was reported this past week as missing, was found deceased a short time later.
PLAINFIELD Twp. – Michigan State Police (MSP) West Branch Post troopers are investigating a fatal traffic crash which occurred in Plainfield Township this past weekend. It took place on Vaughn…
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WEST BRANCH – When a gas is odorless and tasteless, how do you know if it’s reaching dangerous levels? You test for it.
TAWAS CITY – It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but with many to-do lists, stress, cold weather and straying from good health habits in terms of eating, sleeping and drinking, the holiday season can pose increased risk for our hearts, according to a cardiologist with Ascension St. Jos…
WEST BRANCH – Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and District Health Department No. 2 (DHD2) remind Michiganders of steps they can take to keep themselves safe and healthy when touching or working around livestock.
It takes, on average, eight minutes for paramedics to respond to the scene of an emergency, according to Jim Callipare, a health and physical education teacher at Armstrong Junior-Senior High School. So, in an attempt to create more first responders in Armstrong County, and potentially save lives or just buy time before paramedics arrive, students at the school took part in hands-only CPR training on Nov. 18.
LANSING – Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) Director Anita Fox has announced a new series of health insurance virtual town halls to help inform Michiganders about new health plan options, newly extended savings, and increased opportunities for free local enrollme…
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EAST TAWAS – Huron Shores Chorus is ready to re-convene in preparation for its annual spring concert.
TAWAS CITY – Ascension St. Joseph Hospital Foundation will honor two local women with the 2023 Spirit of St. Joseph Award at the annual Winter Gala for their dedication and support of breast cancer awareness and fundraising efforts towards the hospital’s cancer care fund.
OSCODA – Rick Freeman, Oscoda Township’s engineer, gave a report on numerous projects he is working on at the Jan. 23 regular meeting of the Board of Trustees. Freeman reported that work has started on cutting trees and clearing stumps for the extension of the Iosco Exploration Trail that wi…
Lessons from the past two years
So it’s never on anyone’s basic weekend agenda to gleefully set forth to sort, organize and/or clean out the back area of the garage. It’s usually a haphazard crime scene assortment of metal Maxwell House coffee cans and old Tupperware plastic serving bowls chuck full of random nuts, bolts, …
As the old saying goes, they broke the mold when they made Tawas City resident Neil Thornton.
It’s fair to say I’ve enjoyed venison from as far back as I can remember, and it never really bothered me that this source of meat was the result of taking down a regal and majestic animal, the whitetail deer.
