LANSING – Michigan lawmakers have proposed an income tax credit for family caregivers facing financial burdens from tending to loved ones. AARP Michigan has been pushing the proposal that would give eligible caregivers a tax credit of up to 30% of their qualified expenses for family care ...
ALPENA TOWNSHIP – Michigan officials are urging residents to take carbon monoxide risks seriously during Carbon Monoxide Safety and Awareness Month, as local firefighters report a dozen responses this year. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proclaimed November 2026 as Carbon Monoxide Safety and ...
ALPENA – City Department of Public Works crews installed Alpena’s 2026 Christmas tree in the Culligan Plaza parking lot on Thursday. Harvested from a property off Bosley Street, the 38-foot-tall, 24-foot-wide blue spruce was donated by Michelle Gacobelli and Richard Hagner in honor of ...
LANSING– Educators have their own lives outside of the classroom that can conflict with their professional work. There can be a lot of stress and tension between personal and work life, according to psychologists. In 2022, Joseph Kuilema, a former professor of social work at Calvin ...
ALPENA - Wood is now located at the Department of Public Works (DPW) facility (1001 Long Lake Avenue) near the compost area, according to a City of Alpena press release. The wood located at this lot is wood produced from the removal of city street trees. Adjacent homeowners were given the ...
ALPENA – Chuck Blackaby has spent half a century in the cockpit without an accident or enforcement action against his certificate — a 50-year record of safe flying recently recognized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with its highest honor for pilots. Blackaby, an Alpena ...
