Editing Howard City, Michigan (section)

==Schools==
[[Tri County Area Schools]] is the main school district in Howard City. Schools include [[Tri County High School]], Tri County Middle School, MacNaughten Elementary, Sand Lake Elementary and Edgerton Upper Elementary.  The School mascot is the Viking.  Sports include football, basketball, softball, baseball, wrestling, sideline cheer, competitive cheer, golf, track and field, cross country, bowling, poms and soccer.  In 2009, the varsity softball team took a District title, but fell short at regionals to Petosky.  
Neighboring schools include Newaygo, Grant, Morley-Stanwood, Lakeview and Cedar Springs.

The district was a consolidation of the [[Sand Lake, Michigan|Sand Lake]] and Howard City school boards. It came into existence on April 3, 1962, the day members of those communities voted in favor of consolidating their schools. The consolidated schools began operation in fall 1962. Prior to the consolidation, [[Howard City High School]] served the community. Impetus for consolidation occurred when the State of Michigan adopted new standards for education which required school systems to spend additional funds. A former member of the school board of Sand Lake, Charles Northup, stated, "Howard City was almost in the same predicament as us. We figured we would have a good school system coming together."<ref name=hist>Ransom, Kay. "[http://www.tricountyschools.com/ourdistrict/districthistory/ Tri County Area Schools:  Over 50 Years in the Making ]." Tri County Area Schools. Retrieved on October 21, 2017.</ref> Sand Lake was a community which sought consolidation due to the financial strain from meeting the new requirements.<ref name=hist/>