Alpena Municipal Council field taking shape
ALPENA – Only incumbents submitted the required paperwork before the July 21 filing deadline for the two Alpena City Council seats that will appear on the Nov. 3 general election ballot, giving voters the chance to select councilmembers who will serve four-year terms running from 2027 ...
AG Nessel issues statement on Michigan Supreme Court reversing consumer protection decisions
LANSING – On Friday, the Michigan Supreme Court reversed the decisions in Smith v. Globe Life Ins. Co. and Liss v. Lewiston-Richards, Inc. (PDF), which rendered Michigan’s Consumer Protection Act inapplicable to deceptive business practices and price gouging when it was done by a business ...
Long live the sturgeon: Lake sturgeon life spans may be even longer than we thought
By EDWARD BAKER, PhD., Marquette Fisheries Research Station manager and MARCEE WARDELL, communications specialist, Fisheries Division, Michigan Department of Natural Resources Lake sturgeon: the living fossils. They’ve earned this moniker not only because they first appeared in the fossil ...
Bergman, Slotkin, Peters lead bipartisan effort to bring Coast Guard drone testing to Michigan
Washington - On Friday, U.S. Representative Jack Bergman (MI-1), U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Gary Peters (D-MI), are leading a bipartisan effort with 4 of their congressional colleagues to bring Coast Guard drone testing to northern Michigan. Michigan’s decades-long manufacturing ...
Summer Reading Program finale today
ALPENA- The Alpena County Library Summer Reading Program "Unearth a Story" finale is today from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. There will also be an Ice cream social and it is the final day to submit reading minutes for tickets to prize drawings and collecting reading prizes.