ALPENA — During the Alpena High School graduation ceremony on Sunday, the concert choir performed the hit song “The Climb” by Miley Cyrus and the lyrics of the song may best fit the graduates time in Alpena Public Schools and offered a lesson for what lies ahead. This year’s class had ...

HILLMAN — Hillman High School’s graduation began with the 30 seniors filing in one by one in-front of their friends and family that filled the gymnasium fold out chairs. The Hillman concert band played as the students made their entrance and smiled for the many phones and cameras ...

ROGERS CITY — On Sunday, Rogers City High School held its graduation for the class of 2023. Held inside the school’s gymnasium, the event saw 40 students receive their diplomas for graduation from high school. The event started with the graduates making their way to their seats in the ...

HUDSONVILLE — Kelsey Hansen closed out her high school career with a pair of all-state finishes. The Alcona senior finished second in discus (126-3) and fourth in shot put (36-5 1/2) at the Division 4 state track and field finals on Saturday. Hansen also finished 14th in the long jump ...

ALPENA — Kindergartners through fifth graders round up for 35 minutes every day at Lincoln Elementary School to build 150 ecobricks. These students have been slowly creating a bench out of the bricks they have been crafting together all year and it’s almost ready. Ecobricks are recyclable ...

ALPENA — Testimony and evidence in the alleged murder of two Alpena women in 2021 will begin to be known beginning on Monday during a weeklong preliminary examination for the suspected killers in 88th District Court in Alpena. Brad Srebnik, 36, and Joshua Wirgau, 35, are accused of murdering ...