ALPENA — Alpena native Tiffany Bates has taken the opportunity of a lifetime and is now working as a judicial law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for the next year. Because of policy…
Recycling authority reissues bid for facility project
ALPENA — The Northeast Michigan Materials Management Authority (NMMMA) reissued its bid for the new materials recovery facility (MRF) today.…
Former ACC Instructor Frost receives emeritus status
ALPENA — Former Residential Builders Pre-Licensure Course Instructor Bruce Frost received emeritus status at the Alpena Community College (ACC) Board…
Fun at the fair
Montmorency County police update
Recent actions taken by law enforcement agencies in Northeast Michigan. This has been only lightly edited. MONTMORENCY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE…
Alpena County Library reconsideration policy tabled, for now
ALPENA — The Alpena County Library Board of Trustees met for its monthly meeting on Wednesday. Board members discussed a…
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Local Sports
Wildcat football team has "all in" mentality
ALPENA - The Alpena Wildcats varsity football team enters the 2026 season with a…
Editorials and columns
National media skip extreme pro-abortion law in Massachusetts
On Aug. 10, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill allowing abortion at any…
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Florida is the new ground zero for both political parties' civil wars
Todd Blanche's one promise: Dishonesty
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Letters to the Editor
Support the police, not the criminal
I could not believe what I read in the Friday, July 24 edition of The Alpena News. When growing up in Massachusetts in the 1940s, criminals were treated as criminals and law enforcement was honored and respected. That is when we had a decent Republic. Today, we are experiencing a rapidly spreading disease called…
It didn’t surprise me when the news broke that Monica Dziesinski had hired an elite downstate…
Let the voters decide
Alpena deserves to ask a serious question: How much of this are we expected to tolerate…
When elected officials answer citizens with attorneys
On April 22nd, I was involved in a fender bender in the front of my house.…
Concern about crash, Rogers City officials
Michigan Sports
Joe Burrow starts and backup Joe Flacco throws a TD pass as Bengals beat Lions 16-14
Montero, Tigers shut out Guardians without a strikeout, a first in MLB since 2014
Tigers score in every inning of 14-0 rout of the Orioles
Skubal strikes out 12 in possible home finale as Tigers beat Royals 2-1
Michigan News
Teen boy among 6 dead including suspect in Michigan shootings; girl survived
Shootings in Michigan leave 5 people plus suspect dead following large-scale search
8 found dead in Michigan home after fire, some with gunshot wounds
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer endorses Haley Stevens in Democratic US Senate primary
Lifestyles
New novel tells the story of Indigenous mound builders in the Great Lakes region
Maritime Festival featured paddle races and boat parades
VFW Posen Post hosts breakfast
Rodeo time in Alpena
Obituaries
Elmer William Maskell
Elmer William Maskell, 92, of Alpena passed away Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, at his home. Elmer was born in Alpena on May 17, 1934, to the late William and Corinne (Gagnon) Maskell and married Judith Sylvester on Dec. 15, 1962. She preceded him in death on July 25, 2019. He worked and retired from…