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 ...
These are terrible times, to be sure. But we will triumph
A little over a week ago more than 7 million of us poured into the streets to reject Trump's dictatorship. That's more than 2% of the adult population of the United ...
What the World’s Richest Country Can’t Afford
Undermining the principles that made America wealthy is no way to fix poverty. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently ...
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 ...
Puzzle Solved!
It was always a puzzle. Why would school board members Eric Lawson, Monica Dziesinski, Sarah Costain and AJ MacArthur seek to bankrupt our school ...
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
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 ...
