Par-3 Challenge makes donation

September 9, 2026

ALPENA — The Alpena Golf Club ended its summer-long Par 3 Challenge and Million Dollar Shootout program on Aug. 30. Although no one won the million dollars, nine golfers won a chance to swing for…

Council authorizes September goose hunt at county fairgrounds

ALPENA – The Alpena Municipal Council voted 3-2 on Tuesday to authorize a controlled Canada goose hunt at the Alpena…

Fairgrounds’ playground to remain where located

ALPENA — The Optimist Club playground at the Alpena County Fairgrounds is not going to be moved and there is…

Henshaw enters no contest plea for aggravated assault charge

ALPENA — Dr. Clifford Henshaw of Henshaw Chiropractic appeared in the 89th District Court in Rogers City on Tuesday to…

E-bikes, school zones, and bus stops: Back-to-school traffic creates new safety risks

DEARBORN — The back-to-school commute creates one of the busiest and most unpredictable traffic environments of the year. As students…

LINCOLN – Alcona earned its first win of the season Thursday, defeating Pellston 48-6 in eight-player football. Kameron Owens rushed for 181 yards and two touchdowns, and Adalai Liebler added 179 yards and one score. Lochlin Gordy ran for a touchdown and caught a 73-yard pass from Grady Goddard. Goddard threw three touchdown passes.…

ALPENA – Cadillac defeated Alpena 6-2 in boys’ tennis on Thursday. Below are the match results…

Alpena tennis falls to Cadillac

Alpena girls swim team notch first win over Gaylord

Alpena falls 34-21 at Cadillac despite Szymoniak’s long TDs

Editorials and columns

Never forget 9/11

I was sitting in my home office not far from the Pentagon when it…

Honor work, not wealth

Ten years later, Kaepernick remains unpersuasive

Who is renaming everything on the map? It's not just Trump

Letters to the Editor

The man who would be king

Building an Empire – he defeated the greatest nation in the world, international trade and free markets, the rule of law, democracy and freedom, and universal human dignity. Count them all. Only, his ambition has exceeded him. He stumbled in Ukraine and turned his people into cannon fodder. Lance Heitz Presque Isle

The Alpena Municipal Council’s decision to reject a controlled goose hunt in favor of egg-oiling and…

A flawed goose policy

Jesse Osmer, the county administrator, in an obedient and servile missive believed to have been written…

Who does the county administrator serve?

I could not believe what I read in the Friday, July 24 edition of The Alpena…

Support the police, not the criminal

Do you believe the goose hunt in Alpena should continue?

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