The 105th District
7 counties. 90,000 people.
Our seven counties stretch from the headwaters of the AuSable to the shores of Lake Missaukee, from Higgins Lake to Otsego Lake.
Where communities within our district gather during the warmer seasons at the AuSable River Festival in Grayling, at the Greatest Fourth in the North in Lake City, and Alpenfest in Gaylord.
Where we celebrate each other as fall sets in at RocktoberFest in Roscommon, and we show the rest of the state how things are done in the cold months in Northern Michigan, out on the frozen lake during Tip-Up Town in Houghton Lake.
We're also on the eastern edge of Antrim, in the rural heart of Kalkaska, and in the woods of Oscoda County.
We're farms, forests, small businesses, and front porches — and we're the kind of place where neighbors still show up when something is needed.
7 counties. 90,000 people.
Otsego County (full)
Twenty-five thousand neighbors.
Four headwater rivers — the AuSable, Black, Sturgeon, and Pigeon — all begin here. Gaylord sits at the highest point in the Lower Peninsula. Otsego County built itself on working hands and hard winters, and it's still earning the meaning of its name: meeting place. We're glad to be neighbors.
Roscommon County (full)
Twenty-three thousand neighbors.
Houghton Lake — Michigan's largest inland lake. Higgins Lake — one of the most beautiful in the world. Forests, rivers, and the small towns that hold them all together. Roscommon is where the lakes know everyone's name, and where neighbors still show up — every season, every year.
Crawford County (full)
Fourteen thousand neighbors.
The headwaters of the AuSable run right through Grayling. Three-quarters of the county is forest and river. Crawford County built itself on lumber, then trout, then the Canoe Marathon and Camp Grayling — and is the kind of place where neighbors still show up for each other.
Missaukee County (full)
Fifteen thousand neighbors.
As many dairy cows as people. Thirteen square miles of Christmas trees. Lake City on the eastern shore of Lake Missaukee. Missaukee County built itself on dairy barns, Christmas tree rows, and family farms — and on the kind of place where neighbors still help each other bring in the harvest.
Antrim County (partial)
Approximately eight thousand neighbors.
In the eastern edge of Antrim — Mancelona, Alba, and the small farms that run south from US-131. Built on logging, then orchards, then the people who stayed when the work moved on. The 105th meets the rest of Antrim at the county line. We're glad to be neighbors on this side of it.
Kalkaska County (partial)
Approximately twenty-five hundred neighbors.
In eastern Kalkaska. Cold Springs, Blue Lake, and Bear Lake — a place that's drawn Grayling families to its shores for generations. The headwaters of the Manistee River run through these woods. Built on logging, then oil and gas, then the people who stayed for the quiet. We're glad to be neighbors.
Oscoda County (partial)
Approximately twenty-five hundred neighbors.
In western Oscoda. Big Creek, Luzerne, and the AuSable winding through the woods. Built on logging, then trout fishing, then the families who stayed for the river. The 105th holds Oscoda's western edge, and we're glad to be neighbors on this side of the line.