ALPENA -- Beginning Wednesday, people who test positive for COVID-19 may be notified by text or email, District Health Department No. 4 announced Monday. New software adopted by the district will ease the burden of health workers immersed in vaccination efforts, according to Devin Spivey, ...

ALPENA—Counties, townships, and cities are in line to get a financial boost, the likes of which they have never seen before. In the coming weeks, local governments will begin to receive portions of the $65 billion allocated to local governments in Michigan from the $1.9 trillion American ...

ALPENA — Public health officials on Friday reported three newly infected or probably infected Northeast Michiganders, including two Montmorency County residents and one Alcona County resident. An average of 80 coronavirus tests per day have been administered to Alpena County residents in ...

ALPENA — MidMichigan Health will receive additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccination to put into the arms of Michigan’s most vulnerable populations. State Health Department officials announced this week MidMichigan Health is among 22 pilot projects statewide to be awarded 35,800 doses of ...

ALPENA — Jury summons have hit mailboxes in Alpena County as courts resume jury trials in Northeast Michigan. Felony trials at Alpena’s 26th Circuit Court scheduled for this week didn’t materialize, but a six-member jury heard a domestic violence case in the 88th District Court Thursday ...

ALPENA -- Six new COVID-19 infections were reported by local public health officials on Thursday. Public health officials on Thursday reported six newly infected or probably infected Northeast Michiganders, including four Alpena County residents and two Presque Isle County residents. No new ...