Longbeards meeting canceled The Alpena Longbeards will not have their monthly meeting on Tuesday due to the closures still in effect and limiting of number of people allowed. If any questions need to be addressed please call Edith at 989-354-4964. Marine Corps meetings to begin The ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The last time bassist Jon Jones played a concert with his country group Eli Young Band was March 8. He hopes to hit the stage again in June to launch a new drive-in concert series in his first return to live music with fans since the devastating coronavirus. “This ...
ALPENA — For the past six years, Jessica Leeck has immersed herself in painting. It relaxes her to let the brush hit the canvas, or in this case, the fence, and just let her imagination flow. Leeck, 18, recently finished painting a larger-than-life mural of bright yellow flowers and a giant ...
Spencer Thompson graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. He earned an Outstanding EET Graduate Award for exceptional service as a teaching assistant in the transition to remote instruction. He is the son of Scott and Lisa Thompson of Grand Rapids, and the ...
Abigail A. Darmofal graduated on May 2 from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, College of Literature, Science and Arts with a Bachelor of Computer Science degree. She was a member of the U of M Pops Orchestra and the Campus Symphony Orchestra. Darmofal is the daughter of Dr. David L. ...
Emily Losinski recently earned her Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree from Central Michigan University College of Medicine. A virtual graduation ceremony took place on May 22. Losinski successfully matched into a urology residency at Cleveland Clinic Akron General and will begin her five-year ...
MacMaster graduates Albion Alpena’s Sarah MacMaster graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Albion College with a degree in biology with a minor in Spanish, awarded summa cum laude. MacMaster also received a Lyman S.V. Judson Endowed Award in Biological Science. MacMaster is the child of Donald ...
Courtesy Photo Most 2020 high school seniors across the U.S. lost the opportunity for a traditional graduation ceremony due to the COVID-19 epidemic. At Posen Consolidated Schools, the Posen Sports Boosters felt a need to honor their graduates and found a unique and highly visible way to do ...
Courtesy Photo While fishing in Thunder Bay, Shirley Jones and husband, Tom, landed this beautiful Brown Trout.
ALPENA — Even in the midst of a global pandemic, construction for the long-awaited patient tower at MidMichigan Medical Center-Alpena is set to begin. To celebrate this milestone, a virtual groundbreaking will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday. This is the first virtual event of its kind held by ...
Earlier this month, the Alpena Lions Club, on behalf of District 11E2, applied for and received a $10,000 grant from Lions Club International to allow the club to work with Austin Brothers Beer Co. to produce hand sanitizer. Austin Brothers is working with Grand Traverse Distillery to create ...
Courtesy Photo Gary Seinko, of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2356 in Hillman, participated in the National playing of taps at 3 p.m. on Memorial Day.
“We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.” — Eleanor Roosevelt Boy was she right. We have been dealing with something new — ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Immediately after giving his valedictorian speech, high school senior Philip Root, still clad in his cap and gown, climbed into a borrowed race car and drove up to the finish line at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. With the yellow tassel of his graduation cap flapping in the ...
ALPENA — MidMichigan Medical Center-Alpena has received recognition from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) for being the first hospital to participate in the Rural Surgery Verification and Quality Improvement Program. The goal of the Rural Surgery Verification Program is to assist rural ...
Friends Together is hosting an online bidding auction, which began at noon on Tuesday and runs through noon on June 2. This is the cancer support center’s first online auction through Bidding Owl. “We have designed this to be a fun, user-friendly opportunity for everyone to participate ...
Mike Madill, a U.S. Air Force veteran who retired from the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, recently recorded an album titled “Stranded Hobo Project.” Proceeds from the sale of the CD will help raise money for Talons Out Honor Flights, which send military veterans to ...
DETROIT — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, invites the public to participate in their annual photo contest. Entries are now being accepted through 11:59 p.m. June 7 and should feature Great Lakes’ sites such as the Soo Locks, Duluth Ship Canal, piers, breakwaters or ...
Through the hard work and dedication of its employees and the generosity of its membership, Alpena Alcona Area Credit Union recently donated to Tri-Township Fire Department, Sunrise Mission, Iosco County Coats for Kids, and Carol’s Baby Basket. AAACU raised $3376.34 in monetary donations to ...
Alpena Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its last Drive Thru Sales Event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the Alpena Area Chamber of Commerce parking lot, 235 W. Chisholm St. Chamber staff will be outside office selling fireworks bracelets. “Stop for your last chance to get your 2020 ...