ALPENA — Alpena County residents in their 20s are just as likely to be infected by the coronavirus as older adults, data shows. As of Thursday, 1,065 Alpena County residents had been infected with the coronavirus. Fifteen of those were children younger than 10 and about 50 were teenagers, ...

ALPENA — An Alpena doctor has received national attention for his willingness to drive the COVID-19 vaccine nearly 150 miles from Midland to Alpena, highlighting the struggles of rural health care. Richard Bates, a former OB-GYN and regional vice president of medical affairs at MidMichigan ...

ALPENA -- The coronavirus vaccine rollout in Northeast Michigan has gone well, despite national concerns the vaccine isn’t being administered quick enough. As of today, 1,373 vaccine doses had been administered to Northeast Michigan residents, including 912 in Alpena County, 214 in Presque ...

ALPENA -- District Health Department No. 4 officials seek the public’s patience as they ramp up the coronavirus vaccination process with more doses are on the way. Health officials’ plea today came they same day they reported three more Northeast Michiganders -- one Alpena County resident ...

ALPENA — In 2020’s great battle against the coronavirus, National Guard members wielding nasal swabs were mobilized by the thousands to assist local health departments in conducting COVID-19 tests. Alpena was part of that effort. Eight guardsmen from the Alpena Combat Readiness Training ...

ALPENA -- Eight more Northeast Michiganders have died after being infected with the coronavirus, public health officials said today, the largest daily death toll since the beginning of the pandemic. Two Alpena County residents, five Presque Isle County residents, and one Alcona County resident ...