An honor and a privilege
June 21, 2022
MIO — Meo Mio Stitchers celebrated Flag Day, June 14 by presenting six veterans with Honor Quilts. Misty DeGuzman, Lena Hall, Lanita Olsen, Frank Smutek, Amee Jo Sutton, Joan Trimm received quilts at VFW Post 4126 in Mio. The Stitchers make and present the quilts...
Local family gets a boost
June 21, 2022
Hundreds of people responded when the Oscoda County Sheriff’s Office invited the community to a fundraiser to help one of its own. Hot dogs, beverages and baked goods were for sale by donation June 14 on the Sheriff’s Office lawn in Mio for the benefit...
Oscoda County celebrates
June 21, 2022
Monday, July 4 there will be a craft show, inflatables for the kids and other holiday fun on the courthouse lawn in Mio. The parade in Mio begins at 2 p.m. There will be prizes for the best float, best-decorated golf cart. Every child who...
Flower power
June 21, 2022
HALE — Mio Irisarians hosted the 78th Annual Iris Show Sunday June 12 at Plainfield Township Hall in Hale. The club is an affiliate of the American Iris Society. Attendees viewed the exhibits and talked about irises with club members and judges. Varieties of...

Big Creek Township works tirelessly
June 21, 2022
BIG CREEK TOWNSHIP — Elected officials, employees and volunteers worked to help residents of Oscoda County dispose of refuse during a township clean-up day and county-wide electronics and tire recycling June 11. A semi-trailer was filled with old tires dropped off by county residents. “That...
Roadwork ahead
June 21, 2022
OSCODA COUNTY — Residents of Oscoda County will see crews applying overband crack seal to roads around the county this summer. Crack seal is a rubber-like product which comes in block form. The repair crew blows dirt and loose material out of the cracks before...
New roofs, a new holiday and a new way to help
June 21, 2022
The Oscoda County Board of Commissioners approved bids during its June 14 meeting for K&M Builders, LLC do two roof replacements. The bids to make necessary repairs and to install steel roofs are $23,450 for the Oscoda County EMS station and $8,640 for the bath...

Remember when you were a kid?
June 21, 2022
Tim Peterson’s food history goes way back. “I always loved to cook. My mom taught me how to cook when I was a kid,” he said. “It was a dream of mine a long time ago to be a chef.” For Peterson, love of family...
Fifth triathlon completed
June 15, 2022
The fifth running of the AuSable Valley Triathlon was held June 11, with more than 50 triathletes participating. The event was hosted by Love INC and supported by 37 local business sponsors. Individuals and teams of two or three competed. Racers started with a one-mile...
Thunderbolts make All-Conference
June 15, 2022
Five Mio AuSable athletes received All-Conference honors in the Big Dipper division of the North Star League for the 2022 spring season. Lewis Kuffel and Gage Long made the 2022 First Team All-Conference Baseball Austin Fox and Tyler Demory made Second Team All-Conference. Gage Long...
All-Conference honors for Eagles
June 15, 2022
Fairview Area Schools athletes were well represented on the list of All-Conference honors in the Little Dipper division of the North Star League for the 2022 spring track and field season. These members of the girls' team made All-Conference: Shaelynne Lance, 200-meter; Brieanna Raymond, 400-meter;...
Fairview track teams are NSL champs
June 8, 2022
FAIRVIEW — Fairview’s boys’ and girls’ track teams won the North Star Championship meet hosted by their school May 26. The two teams found different paths to the championship. “The boys won all five field events. We can’t recall ever winning all five field events...
Eagles take second at home invitational
May 11, 2022
FAIRVIEW — Fairview’s varsity teams placed second against 16 schools at the Fairview Track & Field invitational May 3. Fairview boys took second with 104 points against Lincoln-Alcona,128. The girls’ team also placed second with 106.5 points against Alcona, 130.5. Jynessa Larsen took first in...
New but old
Danielle Beeler | June 21, 2022
In one of my recent columns, I mentioned that I love going to the movies and that it was something I greatly missed during the pandemic. One movie opinion I have that I think may be slightly controversial is this: I kind of love the...
Strawberry summers
Jocelyn Garza | June 15, 2022
With the summer season upon us, so is gardening season. This year, my family is growing a variety of vegetables such as squash, peppers, and corn. We also grow over fifty tomato plants that we use to make salsas, marinara sauce, and basic tomato sauces....
My love of lilacs
By Mandilee Hecht | June 8, 2022
Every year, I look forward to the sweet smell of lilacs. Not only are they one of my favorites, but they also represent more than just their floral scent and pretty buds. Whether finding them while driving or seeing the few small bushes in our...
Flower power
Iris lovers gathered in HaleJune 21, 2022
HALE — Mio Irisarians hosted the 78th Annual Iris Show Sunday June 12 at Plainfield Township Hall in Hale. The club is an affiliate of the American Iris Society. Attendees viewed the exhibits and talked about irises with club members and judges. Varieties of...
Scholarship awarded
June 15, 2022
Bill Kusey, president of Mio Methodist Men, presents a $500 scholarship to senior Austin LaVigne, of Mio AuSable Schools. LaVigne plans to attend Kirtland Community College. The scholarship was presented Sunday, May 22 at Mio United Methodist Church. Oops! An active online subscription is...
Time to plant the trees
May 11, 2022
OSCODA COUNTY — Customers gathered at the Oscoda County Fairgrounds May 7 to shop at the Grow Show and to pick up items they had pre-ordered from the Oscoda County Conservation District. Sales day-of the show were down compared to previous years but overall, results...
Bearing hard times together
It’s nice to know somebody’s thinking about youApril 27, 2022
A cancer diagnosis and the ensuing treatment is very frightening. The Mio United Methodist Women are on a mission to offer tangible comfort to cancer patients. They give bears to the patients. Very special bears. “We make them with tender loving care,” Rosemary Locher said...
Make blood donation part of your schedule
March 29, 2022
Mio AuSable schools is hosting a blood drive Monday, Apr. 11, 12-5:45 p.m. “We do six of them per year,” faculty advisor Raquel Rondo said. “We do two during the summer and four during the school year.” The previous blood drive at MAS was Feb....

Dennis James Ertman
Died June 10, 2022June 14, 2022
Dennis James Ertman, age 70, passed away unexpectedly on June 10, 2022. Dennis was the first of four children born to Floyd and Martha (Abraham) Ertman on May 30, 1952, in Hamtramck, Michigan. A 1970 graduate of John Glenn High School in Westland, Michigan, Dennis...

Wesley David Prentice Jr.
Died June 10, 2022June 13, 2022
On Friday, June 10, 2022, Wesley David Prentice Jr., passed away at the age of 58. Wesley was born on October 4, 1963, to parents Wesley David Prentice Sr. and Mary Lou Prentice. He graduated from Mio AuSable High School in 1983. In July of...
Norma Lee Cain
Died June 8, 2022June 10, 2022
Norma Lee Cain, age 83, of Mio, Michigan, passed away at her home on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Norma was born in Romeo, Michigan on January 29, 1939, to Ernest Harold and Ethel Ann (Igler) Kegler. She worked as a secretary for NASA in Cocoa...

Leonard “Lenny” P. Wilson
Died June 5, 2022June 7, 2022
Leonard “Lenny” P. Wilson, age 50, of Mio, Michigan, passed away at MyMichigan Hospital in Midland, Michigan on Sunday, June 5, 2022. Leonard was born in Detroit, Michigan on July 17, 1971, to Oman and Adriana (Budnick) Wilson. He graduated from Summerfield Baptist High School...
Wayne W. Diller
Died April 25, 2022May 26, 2022
Wayne W. Diller, age 88, moved to his heavenly home on April 25, 2022, joining his wife Reta who passed away on November 2, 2021. He died peacefully surrounded by loved ones with wonderful support from hospice nurses. We are extremely grateful for the attention...