By Todd VanSickle and Cheryl Holladay The Spike’s Keg ‘O’ Nails Challenge took place last weekend with both the C1 and C2 races being held as a last minute-tune-up for the 77th AuSable River Canoe ...

By Cheryl Holladay Classic cars lined Michigan Avenue and a couple of sidestreets in downtown Grayling July 19. The Grayling Regional Chamber of Commerce hosted the 39th annual Grayling Car and Truck ...

By Krista Tacey-Cater Paddlers with long histories of success, like Serge Corbin, Andy Triebold and Jeff Kolka, as well as those with more recent prowess, like Mike Davis, Danny Medina, Ryan Halstead, ...

By Krista Tacey-Cater Brenda Carlson-Brown got her AuSable River Canoe Marathon start after her best friend, Connie Swander, asked if they could be partners. In 1990, after Swander had to convince her ...

Two annual events have been canceled at Hartwick Pines State Park this summer. In a July 18 social media announcement, Hartwick Pines State Park and the Friends of Hartwick Pines said they have “made ...

The 2025 AuSable River Canoe Marathon is already making history with a record field of 116 teams. The 77th ARCM field of participants will include paddlers from 21 states, as well as Canada, Great ...

Reatha M. LaFave, 90, Roscommon, died June 28, 2025, at her home, in the presence and comfort of her family. A memorial Mass will be held Aug. 9, at 11 a.m., at St. Michael Catholic Church, Roscommon.

Establishing a state-operated veterans cemetery in Michigan has been a decades-long, bipartisan goal, with our local grassroots organization working tirelessly. But Michigan remains an outlier, one of ...

The 2024 Champions of the Triple Crown of Canoe Racing – Guillaume Blais, of St. Boniface, Quebec, and Mike Davis, of Homer, – picked up where they left off last season by paddling to victory at the ...

Former Grayling resident Francis Galvani, 88, Crossville, TN, died June 28, 2025, in Crossville, after a hard battle with cancer. A service was held at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, where he ...

Joseph Francis “Joe” Connolly, 78, formerly of Roscommon, died July 11, 2025, at Maple Ridge Living Center, Lake City. No services will be held. Born Dec. 10, 1946, in Scranton, PA, he was the son of ...

Richard Robert Hughes Jr., 71, Grayling, died Sept. 16, 2024. A graveside service will be held Aug. 2, at 11 a.m., at Elmwood Cemetery, Grayling. He was born March 9, 1953, in Easton, PA, to Richard ...