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10/11/2025

Helping out the Elks https://www.upnorthvoice.com/features/roscommon-features/2025/10/volunteering-for-elks/?amp=1.

ROSCOMMON COUNTY– The Houghton-Higgins Lake Elks Lodge runs almost entirely on volunteers. From washing dishes and helping in the kitchen to serving, maintenance, paying bills and planning events, it’s their members who keep the lodge thriving. Come join its dedicated volunteers such as Bruce Si...

10/10/2025

Clear Lake serves up community spirit https://www.upnorthvoice.com/features/ogemaw-features/2025/10/serving-community-spirit/

WEST BRANCH – The Clear Lake Fire Department Auxiliary served up more than pancakes on August 31 at the Clear Lake Bar — they served up community spirit. The fundraiser brought neighbors together to enjoy a hearty breakfast of pancakes, eggs, bacon, and sausage, while supporting a vital cause. T...

10/10/2025

News from Camp Grayling https://www.upnorthvoice.com/news/crawford-news/2025/10/safety-announcement-from-camp-grayling/

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10/10/2025

Comfy Chair: Cider, donuts and colors https://www.upnorthvoice.com/columns-opinions/2025/10/fall-enchantment/

Fall is one of my four favorite seasons! Fall is underway in Michigan. It starts slowly, with noticeable loss of daylight at sunrise and sunset. A change in humidity levels brings drier air and cooler temperatures, reducing the atmosphere’s capacity to hold moisture and lowering dew points. Fall E...

10/09/2025

Letters: Your voice, your vote https://www.upnorthvoice.com/columns-opinions/2025/10/letter-to-the-editor-crawford-county-your-voice-your-vote/

Dear Editor: DO NOT BE FOOLED by the petitions’ misleading names. State and federal laws already prohibit non-citizens from voting. These proposals would entangle voters in unnecessary red tape, making it more difficult for all of us to register to vote.    Lately, you may have noticed petitions...

10/09/2025

Unleaded and armed https://www.upnorthvoice.com/columns-opinions/2025/10/unleaded-and-armed/

The sign in front of the gas station says “Unleaded, 3.39, special on C**t .357 Magnum, six-inch barrel.” Visitors here in the valley do a double take when they see Vince’s sign there at what we all know as “the gas station gun shop.” That’s because Vince doesn’t believe in being depri...

10/09/2025

Quilts and Color!

10/09/2025

Here fishy, fishy, fishy https://www.upnorthvoice.com/outdoors/2025/10/weekly-fishing-report-october-8/

teelhead regulations on several Type 3 and Type 4 streams have been slightly modified from last license year. Some streams no longer have a 20-inch minimum size limit on steelhead (the daily possession limit of which is one). See Pages 42-65 of the 2025 Michigan Fishing Regulations for more specif...

10/08/2025

Houghton Lake forest fire contained https://www.upnorthvoice.com/news/2025/10/benzie-road-fire-contained-crews-continue-to-monitor-hot-spots/

HOUGHTON LAKE — The Benzie Road Fire near Houghton Lake in Roscommon County is 100% contained, though fire crews continued Wednesday to douse remaining hot spots along the perimeter. “They will be out there for the next several days, mopping up to make sure the fire remains contained,” said Je...

10/08/2025

Alcona named "Childcare champion" https://www.upnorthvoice.com/news/2025/10/alcona-community-schools-named-2025-childcare-champion/

REGION- Develop Iosco’s child care initiative, the Child Care Back Office (CCBO), is proud to announce that Alcona Community Schools has been honored as a 2025 Childcare Champion by the Early Childhood Investment Corporation (ECIC), in partnership with Pulse at the W.E. Upjohn Institute and Mi...

10/07/2025

The big reveal. Gahagan sets path forward https://www.upnorthvoice.com/outdoors/roscommon-outdoors/2025/10/gahagans-big-reveal/

The Gahagan Nature Preserve is hosting our annual Open House on Sun., Oct. 19 and you are invited! This event marks the grand opening of the Preserve’s new building addition completed over the summer. This is the perfect reason to come together and celebrate nature, community, and discovery. The O...

10/07/2025

Woman charged after shooting husband with .357 https://www.upnorthvoice.com/news/2025/10/iosco-woman-charged-with-shooting-husband/?amp=1

IOSCO COUNTY – An AuSable Township woman was arraigned on multiple charges after she allegedly murdered her husband. According to a statement from Iosco County Prosecuting Attorney James A. Bacarella, Melissa Christine Ragen with homicide – open murder and felony firearm. Ragen faces a possible ...