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6 days ago | 
cheboygannews.com | Paul Welitzkin
CHEBOYGAN — An update on Cheboygan Commons, a redevelopment project designed to replace the closed paper mill along the Cheboygan River, will occur at 6 p.m. on May 13 at the Cheboygan Area Public Library. Sharen Lange, project coordinator for Cheboygan Commons, will discuss the current hold on the project, site remediation and what steps will be taken to get it moving forward.
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1 week ago | 
cheboygannews.com | Paul Welitzkin
A lawsuit concerning a hydroelectric plant at a former Cheboygan paper mill has removed the city and developer Cheboygan Commons as defendants. Cheboygan Hydro Services asserts its ownership of the hydro equipment and claims an eviction initiated by Homco was unlawful. CHEBOYGAN — A lawsuit filed over the hydroelectric power plant at a now closed paper mill no longer includes the city of Cheboygan and Cheboygan Commons as defendants.
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1 week ago | 
cheboygannews.com | Paul Welitzkin
CHEBOYGAN — A fire at a residence in Benton Township on Tuesday, May 6 has left a man with injuries that required him to be airlifted to a hospital in Grand Rapids. Alverno Fire Department Chief Ron Fenlon said an official from the Cheboygan Fire Department was in the neighborhood of South River Road and Addison Drive when he heard the call and was on the scene shortly before 8 a.m.Fenlon said his firefighters arrived minutes later to find a home engulfed in flames.
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1 week ago | 
petoskeynews.com | Paul Welitzkin
NORTHERN MICHIGAN — By a slim margin, voters in areas served by Onaway Area Schools rejected a bond proposal while voters in the Vanderbilt Area School district extended a sinking fund millage in the Tuesday, May 6 election. The Onaway district was seeking a bond proposal that would raise $10.9 million to do infrastructure and security upgrades to the school building. Unofficial results show the measure lost with 572 no votes to 550 yes votes.
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1 week ago | 
petoskeynews.com | Paul Welitzkin
GAYLORD — After serving as Otsego County administrator for three years, Matt Barresi will be leaving in July. "As many of you know after finishing 23 years of active duty military service I started with the county at the sheriff’s office then moved to the Gaylord Regional Airport then finally to county administration.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Paul Welitzkin
GAYLORD — After nearly four hours of deliberations, an Otsego County Circuit Court jury Thursday night convicted Kyle Karsten of first-degree murder in the shooting death of his father last year. Karsten, 26, was on trial facing first- and second-degree murder charges in the death of Lee Karsten, on Aug. 27, 2024 at the family residence on Camp Ten Road in Elmira Township. He had pled not guilty to the charges.
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2 weeks ago | 
petoskeynews.com | Paul Welitzkin
Voters in parts of Cheboygan and Otsego counties will decide the fate of school millage requests for Onaway Area Schools and Vanderbilt Area School on May 6. Interim superintendent Jake Huffman said the Onaway district is requesting approval of a bond proposal that would raise about $10.9 million. If the 2025 proposal passes, the estimated debt levy would be 1.41 mills for about 20 years, representing an increase of 0.85 mill from the 2024 debt millage rate.
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2 weeks ago | 
petoskeynews.com | Paul Welitzkin
The Otsego County Housing Task Force and the Otsego Community Foundation are partnering to address the housing shortage through community outreach and developer support. A mismatch exists between housing costs and resident incomes, with some one-bedroom apartments renting for $1,300 per month while some residents can only afford $800.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Paul Welitzkin
GAYLORD — New tires have made a difference in the lives of a student and their family thanks to a member of the Gaylord chapter of the Michigan State Police Trooper Outreach Partnership (S.T.O.P.). While volunteering as a coach, S.T.O.P. board member Nathan Lawes discovered that a student and their family were using an air compressor daily to fill leaking tires just to manage basic needs like getting to school, practice, work and the grocery store.
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2 weeks ago | 
petoskeynews.com | Paul Welitzkin
GAYLORD — Every April 22 there is a collective call around the world to safeguard the planet from environmental threats like pollution. Earth Day 2025 was celebrated in Gaylord on Tuesday in part by the Downtown Development Authority (DDA), which gathered residents and visitors to help beautify the downtown while promoting care for shared public spaces. "I look around and if it is not us, then who," asked Ryan Kennedy of Brennan’s Up North and a DDA board member.
