ALPENA — A child who refuses to wear a mask to school beginning today in Alpena is subject to suspension. That was the answer Alpena Public Schools Superintendent David Rabbideau gave after heavy pressure from parents who wanted to know the ramifications should they send their children to ...

ROGERS CITY — Rogers City Area Schools is implementing a mask mandate that requires students and staff to mask up to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in schools. Masks are mandatory beginning today. Parents began receiving the news via text notifications and phone calls Monday ...

ALPENA— After going several weeks without a mask mandate, Alpena Public Schools will require everyone to wear a mask while in schools beginning Tuesday. In a press release Sunday, the school system says all K-12 students, employees, visitors, and vendors, unless they have a documented ...

ALPENA — MidMichigan Medical Center-Alpena is in no hurry to implement a COVID-19 vaccine mandate and is waiting for a recommendation from the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration before taking any action, Hospital President Chuck Sherwin said Friday. Though President Joe ...

ALPENA -- Residents can take a free COVID-19 test at a testing event on Saturday at Thunder Bay Junior High School, health officials announced today. The drive-up event, to be held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., offers rapid antigen and follow-up diagnostic testing and provides opportunity for employees, ...

ALPENA — The coronavirus is roaring back into Northeast Michigan as the number of infected Northeast Michiganders shot up and more ended up in the hospital while vaccination rates remained stagnant. In the seven-day period ending Friday, local public health agencies reported 229 newly ...