Lady Falcons win tournament

The Ogemaw Heights varsity volleyball team traveled to H.H. Dow on Saturday Oct. 4 for an invitational tournament and brought home first place.

The many reasons to support local journalism

Many adults can likely recall mornings during their childhood when newspapers were tossed into the driveways of many homes throughout their neighborhoods. Some adults might even have delivered papers from their bicycles each morning.

Peters co-sponsors legislation to exempt small businesses from tariffs

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) cosponsored the Small Business RELIEF Act to exempt small businesses in Michigan and across the country from President Trump’s global baseline reciprocal tariffs and provide refunds to the small businesses that were forced to pay them. Small businesses make up 99.6 percent of all businesses in Michigan and employ nearly 50 percent of our state’s workforce. This legislation would protect more than 900,000 Michigan small businesses that are already having to make devastating choices to keep their business afloat, such as cutting jobs, canceling expansion plans, and absorbing input costs.

Thunderbolts defeat Cardinals

The Whittemore-Prescott Cardinals varsity football team lost a home game Oct. 3 against the Mio-AuSable Thunderbolts by a final score of 44-0.

Bergman announces 2025 congressional app challenge for 1st district students

WASHINGTON — Rep. Jack Bergman announced that middle and high school students in Michigan’s First Congressional District are invited to participate in the 2025 Congressional App Challenge, a nationwide competition designed to inspire students to explore coding, computer science, and app development.

Changing colors

From Rose City to Mio, M-33 flows smoothly, the orange of traffic cones replaced by crisp white lines and the goldenrod-colored stripes dividing the two lanes. What a relief it is to make that drive without dodging the potholes which previously edged the highway.

Pay attention

Ogemaw County law enforcement was well represented at an International Coffee Day gathering at Meijer in West Branch Oct. 1.

Filter First – Healthy Hydration Grant application is now open

The Michigan Department of Education (MDE), Office of Health and Safety, in collaboration with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), is informing K-12 public and nonpublic schools, and licensed child care centers that the application for the Filter First – Healthy Hydration Grant is open in GEMS/MARS. The grant application will remain open until Friday, October 17, 2025, at 11:59 PM.