ALPENA TOWNSHIP — Alpena Township trustees on Monday passed a resolution calling on the Legislature to limit what they called an abuse of executive power on the part of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The resolution, presented to the Alpena Township Board of Trustees by Trustee Russ Rhynard, states ...
ALPENA — Northeast Michigan’s health care providers continued with their vaccination clinics as the state on Monday expanded COVID-19 vaccine eligibility, which includes those 50 and older and those 18 and older with pre-existing medical conditions. Richard Bates, regional vice president ...
ALPENA — Positive cases of COVID-19 have brought an abrupt end to the season for several local basketball teams. As of Monday night, both the Rogers City boys and girls basketball teams, the Alcona boys basketball team and the Oscoda girls basketball team were all out of the state tournament due to positive tests. The tournament began Monday for girls basketball and starts today for boys basketball. Rogers City athletic director Karl Grambau also announced Monday that Rogers City’s boys district game against Tawas is canceled and Rogers City’s wrestling team will not compete ...
ALPENA -- Alcona Community Schools officials on Monday notified parents three individuals at Alcona High School were confirmed infected with COVID-19. Superintendent Dan O’Connor in a letter to parents said those infected included one staff member and two students. District officials are ...
LANSING (AP) — Michigan on Friday eased outdoor stadium capacity restrictions before baseball’s opening day but ordered weekly rapid testing of teen athletes amid a climbing coronavirus case rate that ranks fourth nationally over the past week. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said, for now, she does not plan to tighten COVID-19 restrictions her administration had gradually loosened in recent months — noting ongoing vaccinations while also citing concerns about virus variants that more easily spread. “If we all take our own personal responsibility here, we can keep these things ...
ALPENA — Prom is a tradition most high school students look forward to as upperclassmen, but the coronavirus pandemic is once again threatening to cancel proms across Northeast Michigan. Knowing how important prom is to students, many area superintendents and principals are holding off on ...
