Alcona football ends season with 41-8 loss
The Alcona Tigers varsity football team wrapped up its season on Friday by falling to defeat at the hands of Deckerville. Alcona let Deckerville jump out to a big ...
Wildcats fall to Cadillac in volleyball
ALPENA — In an emotional farewell to their home court on Thursday night, the Alpena Wildcats battled with everything they had but ultimately ...
Price of a Life
Mamdani’s Islamophobia canard
Zohran Mamdani has a hard time keeping it together when he thinks about Sept. 11 and its aftermath. Not -- judging by his performance the ...
Who’s Really Grandstanding?
It’s disappointing to see Alpena Public Schools Board President Eric Lawson accusing members of the public of “grandstanding” when they choose to speak up at ...
It’s time for fairness on the school board
I’m really worried about how some of our school board’s conservative members are being treated. These are good people who stepped up to serve ...
Dylan Larkin scores twice to help Red Wings beat Blues 5-2
By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dylan Larkin scored twice and Alex DeBrincat also scored to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the St. Louis ...
Michigan and coach Moore drop appeal of NCAA penalties from sign-stealing saga
Donovan Mitchell scores 35 as the Cavaliers beat the Pistons 116-95 for their 3rd straight win
Flint's still-unfinished lead pipe replacement serves as cautionary tale to other cities
By MICHAEL PHILLIS and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Jeffrey Bell watched as crews dug up and replaced neighbors' lead water pipes, hoping ...
Michigan wins appeal in legal challenge to how it handles extra blood samples from newborns
Detroit-area house explodes, killing a woman and blasting a man to the front yard
Music at the Library Presents: Gemini Moon
On Nov. 20 from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. the Alpena County Library will welcome musicians Joe Chamberlin and Casmira Draconid, aka Gemini Moon, back to Alpena. The ...
Northeast Michigan rocks!
Alpena library book talk scheduled
Thomas Edward Fochtman
Thomas Edward Fochtman, born on January 22, 1947, in Alpena, Michigan, passed away on October 24, 2025, at MyMichigan Medical Center. He was 78 years old and is ...
