ALPENA — There were too many people to list, they said. The people who led Alpena County’s charge in the war against the coronavirus spoke fervently, stories tumbling and blending as they described the systematic whirlwind that was the past 12 months. Name after name slipped from their ...

LINCOLN -- The public was able to get their questions about vaccines and masking answered during a virtual town hall meeting on Wednesday. The town hall, hosted by the Alcona County Commission on Aging in conjunction with Alcona Health Center, included panelists from District Health ...

ALPENA -- Public health officials on Wednesday reported 66 newly infected or probably infected Northeast Michiganders, including 23 Alpena County residents, 17 Presque Isle County residents, seven Montmorency County residents, and 19 Alcona County residents. As of Feb. 18, local public ...

ALPENA — Northeast Michiganders still deal with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, one year after the region’s first infection was reported by local health department officials. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s original stay-at-home orders last spring forced schools to move classes ...

LINCOLN -- Alcona Community Schools will transition to remote learning Thursday because newly reported COVID-19 infections and subsequent quarantines are impacting district operations. Superintendent Dan O’Connor said today it wasn’t possible for the district to continue operations ...

ALPENA -- The number of COVID-19 infections continued to trend upward on Tuesday, according to local public health officials. Public health officials on Tuesday reported 38 newly infected or probably infected Northeast Michiganders, including nine Alpena County residents, 14 Presque Isle ...