ALPENA – The figures on Cowper Street do not wait for Halloween night. They have been set up for weeks, and Gary Blaski says the collection behind them has grown, piece by piece, to about…
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…
Coffee with Afroman
Cavitt introduces legislation to protect lake sturgeon
ALPENA — Last week, State Rep. Cam Cavitt, R-Cheboygan, introduced legislation which aims to protect Michigan’s lake sturgeon, according to…
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Swami sees the bright side
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Alpena girls swim team tops Standish-Sterling
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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…
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…