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Group explores charter school
The Save St. Helen Elementary School group will explore three possible routes for keeping the school open. More than 50 people who attended a meeting of the group at the Richfield Township Hall Oct.

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Bobcats take series lead with 35-6 win
Houghton Lake took a 32-31 lead in their all-time series with cross-county rival Roscommon with a 35-6 win Friday night at Bobcat Field.

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St. Helen residents express frustration over SHE closing
Many of the more than 200 St. Helen residents who attended a meeting with the Roscommon Area Public Schools Board of Education Monday night vented their frustration over the board's decision to close the element...ary school in their community.

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Bobcats win homecoming game, Bucks fall to Meridian
Houghton Lake won its homecoming contest Friday night over Gladwin, 21-0. The game included a kick-off return for a touchdown by the Bobcats to open the second half -

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Woman airlifted following accident
A 26-year-old Prudenville woman was airlifted to Saginaw St. Mary's with injuries to her legs and feet the afternoon of Sept. 18 after the Ford Escape she was driving rolled in a ditch and hit a culvert. According to a witness state...ment made to Denton Township Police, the woman, Alicia M. Fry...

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Bobcats ground Eagles, Bucks smack Beavers
Houghton Lake picked up its third win of the season - a 43-6 win over Farwell - while Roscommon won its first game since October 2007 with a 26-6 win over Beaverton.

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Michigan Firemen's Memorial Festival Underway
FIREHOSE FUN Kids took center stage Thursday night at the Michigan Firemen's Memorial Festival as a multitude of activities were available for youngsters, including Nyanti Pupoh, 22 months, who tried his hand……

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A technical difficulty has prevented our web site from being updated. It is being looked at and will be updated soon. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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Bobcats beat Beavers, Farwell blanks Bucks
Houghton Lake started its Jack Pine Conference campaign Friday night with a touchdown as Jared Orban returned the opening kick-off for a score as the Bobcats downed the Beaverton Beavers, 43-14. Roscommon, on the other hand, re...mains winless with a 42-0 defeat by Farwell. It was the first time si...

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ONE LAST HUG
ONE LAST HUG (Top) Jared Reid gets one last hug from his kindergarten teacher Paula Youngberg before she sent him off to Sue Fitzryk's first grade class at Collins Elementary Wednesday morning during the first day of

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Bobcats win, Bucks lose
Houghton Lake beat Grayling Thursday night while Grayling fell to Lake City in varsity football action. See Sports for more.

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Wednesday morning fatal
One person was killed Wednesday morning just before 9 a.m. when a Jeep Cherokee northbound on M-18 crossed the center line and struck an oncoming Roscommon County Road Commission dump truck. The truck, loaded with gravel, was heading south on M-1...8 near the north entrance of Mid Forest Lodge

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Allegations fly among Richfield elected officials
A 51-year-old St. Helen man was arrested last week for allegedly violating a personal protection order Richfield Township Supervisor Jerry Campbell had obtained against him. Roscommon County Sheriff's deputies made the a...rrest in connection with an incident that occurred at the St. Helen post off...

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Houghton Lake schools' bond projects 'on target'
By Cheryl Holladay Bleachers are going up and floors are going in. Houghton Lake Community Schools Assistant Superintendent Matt Lewis reported Monday to the board of education that the high school's football bleache...rs are on schedule (installation of the new press box began Wednesday).

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