Roscommon County voters will have choices for governor on this year’s general ballot, between Democratic candidate Jocelyn Benson and Republican candidate John James.

A BRAND NEW MONUMENT(From left) ROWE Professional Services Company Project Surveyor Eric Morton, Village of Roscommon Department of Public Works employee Joel Denver and North Central Survey Company o ...

SIX-POINT SMILESMadilyn Ciaramitaro, 8, of Houghton Lake, used a crossbow to bag this 6-point buck while hunting at Higgins Lake Oct. 13. She was hunting with her father, Anthony, when she took the bu ...

Voters will have a choice in the race for Michigan’s House of Representatives District 105. Incumbent Ken Borton, a Republican, is being challenged by Rachel Longendyke Teeter, a Democrat, and Frank T ...

PART OF THE CREWBecky Shantz hands out candy to Paris Hubbard of St. Helen, who attended the Houghton Lake Area Historical Society Haunted Trail with her grandparents, Rick and Lori Gray. Also picture ...

Additional election previews are available in the League of Women Voters of Michigan 2026 Non-Partisan Voter Guide. The guide was included in the Oct. 8 edition of the Avalanche and is also available ...

CELEBRATING ‘MOLE DAY’Tara Mainville’s advanced chemistry class celebrates “Mole Day” Oct. 23. Mainville explained that in chemistry, one mole means you have 6.022 times 10 to the 23rd items. Expresse ...

Robert John Kramer, 81, Houghton Lake, died Oct. 19, 2026, at home, with his family by his side. A Celebration of Life is being planned for in the spring in Oscoda. Memorial contributions may be ...

Halloween – Oct. 31 – falls on a Saturday this year. A Trunk or Treat event is planned for Friday, Oct. 30, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Hosted by Friends of Collins (FOC), the fourth annual event will be held ...

MISS HOUGHTON LAKE CONTESTANTSThe 2027 Miss Houghton Lake Scholarship Program will take place Nov. 14, at 6 p.m., at Houghton Lake Junior/Senior High School. Tickets are $20 ($15 for students and seni ...

Roscommon won its first boys’ cross country conference championship in 25 years last week, taking the Highland Conference ...

Lake City quarterback Elijah Cicchelli (15) is met by Bobcats Jory Meigs (3), Jayson DeBaeke (2) and Ryan Galea (6) as he ...