ALPENA — No COVID-19 patients are hospitalized at MidMichigan Medical Center-Alpena, according to data released by the state on Thursday. For the first time since The News began tracking state hospital data in November, the Alpena hospital has no infected patients, the state reported. As of ...

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced Wednesday the recipients of the state’s latest round of small business relief. It is a portion of the $52 million in state funding made available via the Michigan Small Business Survival Grant program, which provided needed funds to ...

ALPENA — One more Alpena County resident confirmed positive with COVID-19 has died and three more have been confirmed infected as testing numbers remain low, health officials reported on Wednesday. Only 16 people took advantage of a large-scale testing event in Alpena on Feb. 13, according ...

ALPENA — The District Health Department No. 4 Health Board on Tuesday agreed to hire more temporary employees to help offset the workload Health Department employees are experiencing because of the coronavirus pandemic. Health Officer Denise Bryan told the board the Health Department ...

ALPENA — The District Health Department No. 4 daily update on COVID-19 data showed on Tuesday that there was only one new case in its three-county area that includes Alpena, Montmorency, and Presque Isle counties. District Health No. 2 has not updated its statistics since Friday, and it is ...

ALPENA — Another Presque Isle County resident has died while infected with COVID-19. The resident is the 25th resident in the county who has died after being infected since the onset of the pandemic. Public health officials on Monday, reported that 10 Alpena County residents and two Presque ...