By Krista Tacey-Cater During a time of emergency, American citizens have it drilled into their heads that they need to run to the phone and dial 9-1-1. The phone is the tool, but it is the people who ...

Crawford County Sheriff Ryan A. Swope reports his office handled the following 175 calls for service the week of Jan. 5-11. Deputies responded to: Forty-nine calls in the City of Grayling: Seven ...

The Grayling Police Department for the weeks of Dec. 7-30, 2025, handled the following 72 complaints: Twelve assists to other agencies, one domestic violence complaint, one ...

By Krista Tacey-Cater With the Virginia opossum being the only native marsupial in North America, Association to Rescue Kritters (A.R.K.) educator Jared Wright was surprised to receive a call asking ...

By Pastor Dan Defever Grayling Evangelical Free Church “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name (Matthew 6:9, ESV).” As we continue to look at the Lord’s Prayer, this line “hallowed be your name” ...

By Ashley Patti Children gathered ‘round at the Devereaux Memorial Crawford County Library Dec. 23 to hear not just the last storytime of the year, but the last storytime with Miss Suzanne. Suzanne ...

By Cheryl Holladay At the Camp Grayling Restoration Advisory Board (CGRAB) in-person meeting at the Grayling Township Hall Dec. 9, Keith Toro of C2AE, project manager of the construction phase, ...

By Lee H. Hamilton It’s a fundamental premise of American democracy that our elected representatives will do what we expect them to do. That doesn’t mean we can dictate every action they take. Overall ...

Sarah Rakoczy, a 2020 graduate of Grayling High School and a 2024 graduate of Saginaw Valley State University, was recently commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, attending Officer ...

By Cheryl Holladay Hosted by the Downtown Development Authority, Grayling’s second annual Canoe Drop drew a crowd, despite the weather. Michelle Millikin, member of the Downtown Development Authority, ...

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson recently announced the return of Michigan’s beloved red, white and blue license plate in celebration of the United States’ semiquincentennial, marking 250 years of ...