ALPENA — Some holiday traditions are experienced and others are made. Jo Sims, an Alpena resident, continues to make her family’s favorite pumpkin roll, a recipe that was given to her by a coworker. That coworker has since passed away, but is still remembered every holiday season, through ...

ALPENA — Habitat for Humanity Northeast Michigan is filling the affordable housing need in Alpena with three newly constructed homes on Bedford Street near Ella White School. Construction is complete, and two families and one individual are eagerly awaiting the moment they officially move in ...

St. Paul Lutheran Church delivered gifts for the United Way Christmas Wish program. The donations were made possible through the church’s Trust Fund. Pastor John Shipman expressed appreciation for Joe Gentry and the United Way team, who will distribute the gifts to families in need.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Washington was under a state of emergency Thursday from a barrage of torrential rain that has sent rivers flowing over their banks, caused mudslides to crash down on highways and trapped people in floodwaters. Tens of thousands of residents were under evacuation ...

ALPENA — U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee, calls for an investigation into significant delays of Department of Defense (DoD) cleanup efforts of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at military installations ...