Tucked away on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula sits a lakeside paradise that feels like the Great Lakes State’s best-kept secret.

Troopers from the Michigan State Police Houghton Lake Post rescued an injured Red-Tailed Hawk in Grayling, Michigan, on ...

The 37-year-old man said the current pulled him out, and he was unable to swim back, according to the Racine County Sheriff's Office. A 37-year-old Racine man was rescued from Lake Michigan on Oct. 3 ...

The U.S. offers countless opportunities to see the colors of fall, yet the most stunning of them all may just lie in the ...

HILLSDALE -- Through 100 minutes of soccer and five rounds of penalty kicks, nothing had been decided in Monday’s boys soccer district semifinal between Grass Lake and Michigan Center. After a 2-2 tie ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources reports that the Benzie Road wildfire near Houghton Lake in Roscommon County is “100% contained.” Firefighter crews will be dousing ...

Firefighters have fully contained a wildfire near Houghton Lake in Roscommon County, but crews were still putting out hot spots near the perimeter on Wednesday, Oct. 8. "They will be out there for the ...

The suspect in the case of multiple pedestrians hit in Warren on Sept. 26 has been referred for a competency exam by Warren’s 37th District Court. The 30-year-old woman from Lake Orion has 18 felony ...

William Lorne Cronin, 72, Houghton Lake, died Sept. 28, 2025, at home, surrounded by his family. A Celebration of Life service will be held Nov. 29, from 1 to 4 p.m., at Lakeside Resort and Conference ...

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ROSCOMMON COUNTY — Fire crews with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources continued work Tuesday to fully extinguish a wildfire that burned more than 100 acres near the intersection of Old U.S.

(WXYZ) — Firefighters in Northern Michigan are working to contain a wildfire near Houghton Lake that started Sunday afternoon. According to the Michigan DNR, the ...