Oscoda News

A Waterford man is safe with his family today following his disappearance from the family's Sand Lake area cabin, troopers from the Michigan State Police Post in East Tawas said Troopers were notified at 7 a.m. ...

The Iosco County Sheriff Department recovered a missing 12-year-old boy in the water at the southeast side of Tawas Point State Park at 3:56 p.m. Friday.

In what he called a "last-ditch" effort to reach failing students, Scarlett Middle School Principal Ben Edmondson this spring held back 24 students from moving on to the next grade.

The AuSable Township Board found its way Monday night to a 6-1 approval of up to $5,000 for a design project for "wayfinding" signs for visitors to locate points of interest in the township.

A lawmaker investigating food safety issues says the industry needs to drop its opposition to electronic record-keeping as federal authorities struggle to track the source of recent salmonella outbreaks.

Four U.P. natives are running for State Representative in the 108th District in the Democratic Primary.

Resarchers, Michigan Tech staff, high school teachers, and others sailed to Isle Royale aboard the Ranger Three Friday.

Not so fast, Obama Nation. In Michigan and a few other key states, the McCainiacs are gaining ground.

The proposed rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac makes no sense. Both companies are mortgage bundlers and investors.

Jack Slay Jr. When I was about 10, my father traveled to Colorado for a math convention; he returned a week later bearing gifts.

Home foreclosure filings rose 14 percent in the second quarter, the eighth consecutive quarterly climb, and more than doubled from the same period a year-earlier, real estate data firm RealtyTrac said on ...

A Senate committee heard appeals Thursday for creation of a federal task force to combat polygamist sects that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid described as sophisticated organized crime rings.

Mulally speeds up automaker's makeover after it posts record $8.7B quarterly loss.

Hide Video Lew Sowa, a longtime editor with The Alpena News, has died. The 80 year old Sowa died Sunday.

Politicians are pushing state natural resources officials to approve a contentious deal to sell 1,700 acres of public forest for a theme park in Crawford County, the agency's director said.

Excellent walleye fishing continues in and around Saginaw Bay, and boat anglers on the Great Lakes are taking chinook, coho, lake trout and some steelhead, the Michigan Department of Resources said Wednesday in ...

A new study finds that many banks are allowing their online customers to take security risks involving sensitive information, leaving them potentially vulnerable to fraud.

Iosco County will be well represented in the upcoming 61st AuSable River International Canoe Marathon.

Classic vehicle enthusiasts traveled to the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda Saturday to participate in the first annual True Colors Classic Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show.