ALPENA — The sounds of a bowling center are music to the ears of bowlers like Tara Kowalski. The hum of balls rolling down the lanes. The familiar crashing sound of balls striking pins. Cheers for good shots (or groans for bad ones). The slapping of hands for high-fives. For ...

ALPENA -- Parents seeking educational alternatives for their children may have another option in the coming weeks. A group of concerned parents and residents in Alpena County have taken the initial steps to create a homeschooling cooperative, which would provide education to kids at home, but ...

ALPENA — A $100,000 grant will help connect Northeast Michigan residents with COVID-19 vaccine questions to a trusted medical voice, health officials announced this week. On Friday, The Alcona Health Center plans to roll out a vaccine hotline, putting to use a grant from the CDC Foundation, ...

HOLLAND (AP) — The doors at a western Michigan restaurant were open before sunrise as the owner welcomed diners for the first time since she spent four nights in jail for ignoring orders related to COVID-19. Marlena’s Bistro and Pizzeria in Holland had been closed since March. But Marlena ...

LANSING (AP) — Michigan has recorded more than 1 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, the health department said Wednesday. The state crossed that threshold by reporting 6,079 new cases over the last two days. There have been at least 20,781 deaths in ...

ALPENA — The recent spread of COVID-19 has led three Northeast Michigan school districts to implement mask mandates and others say they are prepared to do the same, if numbers continue to climb. Alpena Public Schools, Rogers City Area Schools, and Alcona Community Schools began to enforce ...