Before the season started, Mancelona High School head varsity baseball coach Jim Van Wagoner knew that in order to win the Ski Valley Conference, his junior laden team would have to get by a talented ...

Since 2010, the non-profit Historic Elk Rapids Town Hall Association (HERTHA) has worked as a rental agent for Elk Rapids Township, making the Hall available for events while transforming a neglected, ...

It was an up and down week for the Central Lake varsity baseball team last week. The weather has caused a lot of games to pile up late in May and last week was not an exception. Last Monday, the ...

Dear Citizen, you probably have no idea what your local government is doing at 10 p.m. (on a Monday or Tuesday night), but you should. Have you recently been shocked or disappointed by the action ...

May 31, 1933 – May 21, 2025 Ronald Russell Wood, almost 92 years old, of Rapid City, MI passed away peacefully on May 21, 2025. Ron was born to Spencer and Ruth (Ellison) Case just minutes before his ...

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The Ski Valley (SVC) and Northern Shores (NSC) track and field conference championships were both on the slate last Wednesday with Bellaire hosting the SVC meet and Charlevoix holding the NSC ...

MANCELONA – During a special meeting on January 29 of this year, the Mancelona Township board voted to opt out of license renewals for cannabis processing in the township. Kelly Young, who owns a ...

Alden’s Memorial Day Parade Alden’s Patriotic Memorial Day Parade will be on Monday, May 26 at the Veterans’ Memorial at the Alden Historical Depot Park & Museum at 1 p.m. followed by a Remembrance ...

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GRAYLING – This spring, on May 2, Bellaire High School Juniors and Seniors had the unique opportunity to travel to Camp Grayling in Northern Michigan to meet the Michigan National Guard. The visit, ...