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Torch Lake continues property reassessment

August 28, 2008

DOLLAR BAY — The reassessment data of Torch Lake Township collected last summer is being compiled, but some people who haven’t filled out the questionnaire for the project may be offered another chance to do so.

At the regular meeting of

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Spot on

August 28, 2008

HOUGHTON — Education is the key to achieving peace.

Greg Mortenson, co-author of “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time” delivered that message to a group of students Wednesday at Michigan Technol

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Houghton council fails to gain quorum

August 28, 2008

HOUGHTON — The Houghton City Council did not hold a meeting Wednesday after failing to get enough members for a quorum.

City Manager Scott MacInnes said there had been past meetings canceled due to lack of people, but this was the first

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Monte Carlo destroyed by blaze

August 27, 2008



HANCOCK — A popular Hancock bar is down, but not out, after it was gutted in a fire Tuesday morning.

The Monte Carlo suffered extreme smoke, water and fire damage in the fire, which started around 10:30 a.m., said Hancock Fir

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Assessing the Otter River watershed

August 27, 2008

TAPIOLA — Citizens interested in the future of the Otter River watershed met Tuesday evening at the Doelle Senior Citizens Center.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) hosted the meeting. The

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Documentation project renews one man's relationship with the Otter River

August 27, 2008

By DAN SCHNEIDER

DMG Writer

TAPIOLA — Dave Rulison remembers when he and his wife, Linda, first moved onto property fronting the Otter River.

More specifically, he remembers fishing for trout in the Otter River at

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