ALPENA — In a soft opening on Thursday, Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center welcomed a handful of guests for the first time in more than two years. Those guests are the first in 100,000 that normally come through on a yearly basis. While gift shop shelves need to be restocked and other ...

ALPENA — COVID-19 cases have risen again in Northeast Michigan after a brief lull, but public health officials said they don’t expect a sharp spike in infections and do expect hospitalizations and deaths to remain low. Public health officials this week reported 61 newly infected or ...

ALPENA — There’s no going back to normal, residents and officials say. Two years after health officials reported the first confirmed case of COVID-19 infection in Northeast Michigan, the coronavirus pandemic has left indelible marks on the lives and work of residents. Since the area’s ...

ALPENA — While the virus has hit other parts of Michigan harder, it’s taken a greater toll in Northeast Michigan, a News analysis of state data shows. Two years after the first Northeast Michiganders contracted COVID-19 on April 6, 2020, the virus has infected roughly 8,500 Northeast ...

ALPENA — MyMichigan Medical Center Alpena continues to accept new patients, despite high occupancy rates, hospital President Chuck Sherwin said in an email to The News. The hospital hit 100% occupancy last week, according to the state’s weekly patient census. That’s the second time ...

ALPENA -- Northeast Michiganders now face a low risk of coronavirus infection, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. The CDC’s Friday downgrade of the region’s risk level means the federal health agency only recommends facemasks for those with symptoms of coronavirus ...