Wildcats walk over Gaylord
Tunnel to Towers 5K event continues special tradition
The Tunnel to Towers 5K race has been an anticipated fundraiser in Alpena since the annual event began four years ago. Four years later, the ...
Bits and pieces of this and that
First, consider the old cannon from the Battleship Maine of Spanish American War fame reposing on our city hall’s front lawn. In 1912, E. H. Furbush, Teamster, set ...
Gov. Whitmer’s no good, very bad day on roads and budget
Talk about a bad hair week for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. This town is still abuzz with the dazzling number of moves and counter-moves she and the ...
Medicare for All, not GoFundMe for the sick
In America, we have a health care system that makes industry executives a fortune while ordinary people are forced to crowdfund to survive. A quarter-million ...
Maybe we all need Newspapers in Education
On Aug. 28, The Alpena News carried a column by Dr. Walter E. Williams headlined, ‘The beginning of US slavery was not beginning of ...
Detroit Tigers win 5-2 Monday to finish with series split vs. Baltimore Orioles
Jerry Kelly gets PGA Champions win in Flint suburb
After win on Saturday, Detroit Tigers back to regular ways with loss No. 104 on Sunday
State workers notified of potential layoffs
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING — Michigan’s 48,000 state government workers were notified Monday of potential temporary layoffs in case the next ...
No deal yet in UAW strike vs GM
More third-graders are expected to be held back under law
Dave Dempsey presents ‘The Fate of the Great Lakes’
Alpena Senior Center events planned; transportation funding ‘at a critical point’
4-H Sweepstakes winners awarded
NORMAN E. GAPSKE
Norman E. “Norm” Gapske, of Battle Creek, passed away on Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. He was born in Alpena, Michigan on July 31, 1932 to parents, Emil and Alma ...
