Dean Arbour of Tawas will be hosting a community blood drive July 1. Friday of the following week, July 11, Saganing Tribal ...

June 26 Free ...

Now that I live full-time in Northern Michigan, friends often ask me, “how do you like it? How are you handling living UP ...

Last week the Rivermen put on a show at the Standish Historical Depot and The Rough and Tumble rocked the pavilion at Au Gres ...

More than 6,500 hunters have been selected in the annual drawing for Michigan’s popular bear and elk hunts. There are 6,278 bear licenses and ...

Tracy Wilson presented the “Superhero September 2025” program, a project to raise funds to support Children’s Advocacy ...

People ogle vehicles in Standish on Father’s Day weekend for the ‘Pops in the Past’ car show. Photo by Erica DiMarco ‘Pops in the Past’ returned to Standish this year, exhibiting vehicles downtown, a ...

Multiple petition drives gearing up in the Mitten Michigan’s Board of State Canvassers (est. 1850) has been busy throughout ...

Independent’s Standish office closes June 20, 2025; County terminates animal control officer June 19, 2025; Local authors exhibit works at fair in Tawas June 18, 2025; Survival challenge and beyond ...

Bovine TB Connections meeting Tuesday, June 24, from 6 to 8 p.m.

The Arenac County Veterans Club held their annual Flag Day ceremony at the club in Standish Saturday, June 14.

Superintendent Chris Ming presented Au Gres-Sims Elementary School Principal Chad Zeien with a commemorative clock at the district board of education meeting June 16.