The recent photo of the 1965-66 Wildcat basketball team brought back a fond memory of Alpena sports. It was March 1966 and the underdog Wildcats were in the hunt for a state championship. I was a student at ACC. On game nights, my roommate and I would listen to WATZ AM radio to catch the ...

Dear People of the great state of Michigan, Hello! I am a third-grade student in Northern Virginia. Our class is learning about the United States and I will be teaching our school about the state of Michigan. In the month of May, I will create a display for our state fair that I hope will ...

Part of good journalism is publishing opinion pieces from readers as “Letters to the Editor.” The Alpena News does this at least weekly. I write in reference to such a letter published on Saturday, March 4 entitled, “Questions about ‘God’s love’ in Belize.” Although not ...

My response to Mr. Shuman: Wow. I made three trips to Guaymas in Sonora, Mexico: (1) with the VOSH group (Volunteer Optometric Service to Humanity). Each volunteer had two suitcases, one filled with eyeglasses (extras were left for next time); (2) helping build an orphanage, after traveling ...

Let me start by saying I, as well as the area veterans (approximately 2,500 in Alpena alone), are grateful for the way the people of this area stepped up and generously contributed to a new DAV van to transport veterans to downstate appointments. At that time, there were three of us taking ...

For too long, we have seen two areas of murder and death that are out of control and taking a horrible toll on our people and our psyche. Police officers misuse of lethal force in arrests, and the killing of thousands with fentanyl are scourges that must be addressed. Both problems are ...