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October 9, 2026

ALPENA - If you are old enough that you can remember using a wall-mounted rotary phone, an Easy Bake Oven, and a manual clutch transmission, you will probably also recall, with joy, a syndicated comic…

3rd Avenue resurfacing and DTE gas main repair

ALPENA - Beginning Monday, October 12, 2026, contractors will begin resurfacing work on Third Avenue, from Garden Street to Ripley…

Cowper Street spook yard grows out of a family tradition

ALPENA – The figures on Cowper Street do not wait for Halloween night. They have been set up for weeks,…

Four weeks before Election Day, mail ballot returns are up 30% over same point in 2022

LANSING – With four weeks to go before Election Day on Nov. 3, more than 201,000 Michigan voters have already…

Friends Together uses Red Wings game to educate

Christmas Bazaar at Hope Lutheran

HUBBARD LAKE — Hope Lutheran Church is hosting its Christmas Bazaar on Nov.14. There will also be a soup and…

Local Sports

Swami sees the bright side

Isn't it interesting that pro sports and college teams are in such a disarray,…

Alpena girls swim team tops Standish-Sterling

Moore, Kieliszewski to tailgate before Alpena hosts Petoskey

HALE – Hillman swept host Hale in three sets Tuesday in North Star League girls’ volleyball,…

Hillman sweeps Hale in three sets

Editorials and columns

Newspapers offer a lot more than news

This week is National Newspaper Week and to me, it is a reason to…

Senators should answer to voters, not factions

Cornell case is a moral failure

It's hard to imagine how different communities would be without local newspapers

Letters to the Editor

League of Women Voters event

On Wednesday, Sept. 23, I attended the League of Women Voters candidating event, where the candidates running for seats on the Alpena Public Schools Board of Education and Alpena County residents had the opportunity to meet in a non-confrontational and informal session. Attendees were seated at five tables (the original plan was for eight…

There is a man, a Russian man, that has sworn with total conviction that he will…

The Great Double Down (The Limit of American Powers)

Monday’s school board meeting once again put the Democrat circus on full display. The attacks against…

Democrat circus

Many thanks to the NE MI League of Women Voters for stepping up to host a…

League steps up to host candidate’s forum

Are you going bow hunting this year?

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