ALPENA — With temperatures inching upward and snow melting, Michiganders are beginning to make plans for summer nights around a campfire, according to reservation numbers at Michigan state park campgrounds. Camping reservations are up by 15% over this time last year, when people were ...

ALPENA — Alpena Public Schools administrators got to work on Wednesday, beginning to figure out the details of how students in grades 6 to 12 will return to face-to-face learning four days a week after spring break. The APS Board of Education during a board workshop on Tuesday voted ...

ALPENA — Beginning Monday, COVID-19 vaccines may be given to people aged 50 and older, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday. People in that age bracket living with disabilities or medical conditions or who are caregivers for family members or children with ...

ALPENA — At 9 o’clock Tuesday morning, 50 cars snaked around the parking lot of Word of Life Baptist Church in Alpena. There used to be more, said Tammy Dean, food coordinator for the Northeast Michigan Community Service Agency, who on Tuesday was checking off names in a three-ring binder ...

ALPENA — Alpena Public Schools students in grades 6-12 will return to face-to-face instruction four days a week starting on April 5. The APS Board of Education on Tuesday voted unanimously to have students return to school on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays while leaving ...

ALPENA -- Public health officials on Tuesday reported one newly infected or probably infected Northeast Michiganders, an Alpena County resident, as vaccination eligibility expands slightly, according to health officials. Some food and agricultural workers are now eligible for the COVID-19 ...