Richfield Township secures $200k for farmers market
By Krista Tacey | on July 04, 2024
By Krista Tacey-Cater krista.tacey@houghtonlakeresorter.com Richfield Township has secured a $200,000 grant for the construction of a farmers market, which will be located at St. Helen Garden Pathways Park. Richfield Township resident Tula Alexander, who applied for the grant with the help of others, said the $200,000 Rural Business Development grant is from the United States Department of Agriculture. With the […]
Fireworks, parade queued up for Fourth of July celebrations
By Staff | on July 04, 2024
Roscommon County will provide two more chances to take in firework displays this Fourth of July. Roscommon As per tradition, Roscommon will host its fireworks display July 4. The show, which is in memory of longtime fireworks supporter Laura Witt, who died Sept. 19, 2023, will be shot off from the Roscommon County Fire Training Grounds on Ballenger Road. The […]
Honor Flight ‘healing’ experience for Sessions
By Cheryl Holladay | on July 04, 2024
Karen Sessions of Prudenville and Jan Klett of Houghton Lake took part in Mission 19, the first all-female Honor Flight from Michigan. For Sessions, it was a trip of “healing.” A Navy veteran who served active duty from 1981 to 1985, she was a second class petty officer, serving as a radioman (what is known as data processor today). She […]
HLIB approves lake treatment for 187 acres
By Cheryl Holladay | on July 04, 2024
By Cheryl Holladay The Houghton Lake Improvement Board June 13 approved Eurasian watermilfoil treatment for 187 acres of Houghton Lake. Restorative Lake Sciences (RLS) Senior Hydrologist Mike Solomon recommended to the board that 187 acres of Eurasian watermilfoil be treated, concentrating around Long Point and the southwest corner of the lake. He said the cost would be between $140,000 and […]
From guardian to honoree
By Cheryl Holladay | on July 04, 2024
Jan Klett of Houghton Lake, who served in the Army from 1978 to 1981, said she first served stateside, then in Mannheim, Germany. “I was a truck driver,” she said. Born and raised in Dearborn, she said she enlisted when she was 18 and got out when she was 21. Klett had first signed up for an Honor Flight as […]
Mid-Michigan Honor Flight salutes military women with D.C. trip
By Cheryl Holladay | on July 04, 2024
By Cheryl Holladay Gaining a new appreciation for their own service, a Houghton Lake contingent traveled to Washington, D.C., June 11-12 on an all-female veterans Mid-Michigan Honor Flight. Four Houghton Lake area women, Sheryl Tussey, Karen Sessions, Jan Klett and Jill Jacobs flew on Mission 19 to not only visit the nation’s capital, but to experience the feeling of being […]
Mission 19 highlights women’s service
By Cheryl Holladay | on July 04, 2024
Mid-Michigan Honor Flight President Bob Green said Mission 19 was the first all-female Honor Flight from Michigan. For him, it was his ninth trip since being named president of MMHF. Green, a retired sergeant from the Michigan State Police, Houghton Lake Post, said he became a board member after retiring. He then served as vice president before serving as president. […]
Candidate information sought
By Staff | on July 04, 2024
The Resorter is asking candidates in races in the upcoming August primary election to complete questionnaires. Responses will be used in writing candidate profiles in the Resorter’s pre-election coverage. Questionnaires were sent to candidates in June to assure that the information can be included in the pre-election coverage. Questionnaires must be received by the Resorter by July 5. A form […]
82nd District Court Judge Mary A. Beebe
By Cheryl Holladay | on July 04, 2024
The following were recently arraigned in 82nd District Court: Timothy J. Montie Jr., 35, Houghton Lake, demanded preliminary examination within 21 days on charges of third degree killing/torturing animals and abandoning/cruelty to one animal. Roscommon County Animal Control filed the charge. The date of offense was Jan. 5. Personal recognizance bond was set at $1,500. Jamey L. Rolland, 42, St. […]
Houghton Lake fireworks
By Athena Schrader | on July 04, 2024
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