ALPENA ― A sticky substance that smelled like maple syrup led police to arrest Ossineke man Jeremy Fischer, 42, for malicious destruction of property, police reported today. Troopers from the Michigan State Police-Alpena Post responded when a woman reported an argument with Fischer in the ...

ALPENA ― A man captured by the Huron Undercover Narcotics Team after he fled from the Tawas area in a kayak was last week found guilty of sexually assaulting a child. An Iosco County jury found Brandon Mauk guilty of 13 counts of abusing the child between 2019 and 2021, beginning around the ...

ALPENA ― A crash sent three children to the hospital as a precaution when a vehicle hit a school bus shortly before 7 a.m. today in Alpena Township. The 63-year-old driver of a 2014 Ford passenger vehicle was partially blinded by the sun and was rubbing his eye when he rear-ended the bus, ...

ALPENA — A Hubbard Lake man lied to interfere with a homicide investigation related to Brad Srebnik and Joshua Wirgau, the Michigan Attorney General’s office believes. That office charged Bruce Kinsey, 37, with lying to police and prosecution when he said he picked up Srebnik and Wirgau ...

ALPENA — The Alpena Public Schools Board of Education said there’s still work to be done in the aftermath of a recent incident where hate speech and symbols were painted on the large rock in front of Alpena High School. During its meeting on Monday, the board responded to allegations of ...