ALPENA — Angela and Cory Mahan have a love for children beyond the 11 children they call their own. That passion for kids nudged them to open a business that offers local kids fun things, while paying tribute to their son who died nearly a decade ago. Last month, the Mahans opened Trevor’s ...

My heart woke up the moment I heard his cry. Is this what love feels like? I didn’t care that my body had just undergone 24 hours of labor. I was a mom! Now, 14 years later, I can’t imagine what kind of person I’d be if I wasn’t a mom. I mean, I’d still be me, but something would be ...

On April 26, students from Presque Isle Academy and Rogers City High School will join other students from northern Michigan in getting to witness the Michigan Supreme Court at the Cheboygan Opera House as a part of the Court Community Connection program. The Court Community Connection program ...

Egg hunts. Easter bonnets. Wearing your Sunday best. It was 1988, and it was good. I was 7 years old, and I had no idea what bills were, except for the ones I found folded inside those plastic eggs. Most of them had change or jelly beans in them, but when you found a lightweight one, you knew ...

A few weeks ago, we celebrated the 43rd anniversary of what has since been labeled “the Miracle on Ice.” In the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, a group of upstart American college hockey players pulled off one of the greatest miracles in the history of the Olympics. They faced a ...

ALPENA — Can you really ban a book? And if you do, doesn’t that just make it more desirable? A small group of Alpena women read and discuss banned books each month in the Chapter Eight Book Club. Started in June 2000, the club was meant to provide an outlet for discussing books that have ...