News Photo by Barbara Woodham Randy and Cindy Hartman’s nativity scene lights up their N. North Avenue home.

News Photo by Barbara Woodham Mike and Cindy Szydlowski’s nativity scene and ornaments glow in the cold air on W. Washington Avenue.

News Photo by Barbara Woodham Scott Morgan putting lights on his N. North Street front lawn.

News Photo by Barbara Woodham Tim Wallace adjusts his porch Christmas lights on Ripley Boulevard.

News Photo by Barbara Woodham Lights on this W. Washington Avenue home connect and interact with a radio station posted on a sign out front.

Courtesy Photo A diver explores the boiler engines and fire box of the propeller Challenge in this courtesy photo taken by Becky Kagen Schott and provided by Mark Gammage.

Courtesy Photo The shipwreck of the propeller Challenge appears in this photogrammetry model created by Ken Merryman and Andrew Goodman and provided by Mark Gammage.

Courtesy Photo The shipwreck of the propeller Challenge appears in this photogrammetry model created by Ken Merryman and Andrew Goodman and provided by Mark Gammage.

Courtesy Photo The explosion-torn boiler of the propeller Challenge appears in this photogrammetry model created by Ken Merryman and Andrew Goodman and provided by Mark Gammage.

Courtesy Photo A diver explores the bow of the propeller Challenge in this courtesy photo taken by Becky Kagen Schott and provided by Mark Gammage.

Courtesy Photo A diver explores the stern of the propeller Challenge in this courtesy photo taken by Becky Kagen Schott and provided by Mark Gammage.

News Photo by Julie Riddle Firefighters battle a barn blaze on Lake Winyah Road in Alpena Township on Friday.

News Photo by Julie Riddle Firefighters battle a barn blaze on Lake Winyah Road in Alpena Township on Friday.

News File Photo Firefighters battle a barn blaze on Lake Winyah Road in Alpena Township in this December 2021 News archive photo.

News Photo by Julie Riddle Firefighters battle a barn blaze on Lake Winyah Road in Alpena Township on Friday.

News Photo by Julie Riddle Firefighters battle a barn blaze on Lake Winyah Road in Alpena Township on Friday.

News Photo by Julie Riddle Firefighters battle a barn blaze on Lake Winyah Road in Alpena Township on Friday.

News Photo by Julie Riddle Firefighters battle a barn blaze on Lake Winyah Road in Alpena Township on Friday.

Firefighters battle blaze on Lake Winyah Road on Friday.

Courtesy Photo Jesslynn Burrone, left, and her husband Brandon Burrone hold their newborn son Parker for family Christmas pictures. The couple said they are excited to introduce their son to the tradition of celebrating Christmas.

News Photo by Barbara Woodham Firefighters battle a vehicle fire at Alpena Community College on Thursday.

News Photo by Barbara Woodham Firefighters battle a vehicle fire at Alpena Community College on Thursday.

News Photo by Barbara Woodham Firefighters battle a vehicle fire at Alpena Community College on Thursday.

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Courtesy Photo The writer left out this letter for Santa, giving him broccoli and a protein bar instead of the regular milk and cookies.

Courtesy Photo The writer’s dog, Maggie, wearing the tree skirt before it goes under the tree.

Courtesy Photo The writer and her sister decorate cookies at a Christmas Extravaganza in this photo from 2003.

Courtesy Photo The writer holds the top of the tree above her head her year to put it on the tree.

Courtesy Photo Tammy Kish, coordinator and fundraiser for the Vietnam Veterans Toys for Kids drive, points to a nearly empty shelf at the drive’s headquarters in Alpena on Thursday in this courtesy photo.

News Photo by Darby Hinkley Kyley LaFleche holds a piece she made in ceramics class at ACC. The piece features the coil technique. Her work will be on display Friday through Dec. 17 at the ACC Fine Arts Center.

News Photo by Darby Hinkley Simon List works on a piece in ceramics class at ACC.

News Photo by Darby Hinkley Shannon Hancock works on a photography piece depicting mental health struggles.

News Photo by Darby Hinkley Kyley LaFleche and Nelson French work with clay in a ceramics class at ACC.

News Photo by Steve Schulwitz Alpena County Regional Airport Manager Steve Smigelski shows off some of the rules and regulations that Transportation Security Administration employees monitor. The airport in Alpena doesn’t have a shortage of TSA employees, but some airports around the country have seen travelers have long wait-times because they are short staffed.

News Photo by Julie Riddle Footprints in snow on Wednesday morning show the path of students crossing a busy Alpena intersection on their way to Thunder Bay Junior High School.

News Photo by Julie Riddle Headlights flash around a student crossing Hobbs Drive/Bagley Street before sunrise on Wednesday morning.

News Photo by Julie Riddle Annie Hepburn, director of the Alpena Senior Citizens Center, hands a to-go Christmas dinner to Sylvia Schalk on Wednesday.

News Photo by Barbara Woodham Leslie Reynolds, left, administrative assistant and secretary to the Alpena Public Schools Board of Education, and Susan Wooden, interim executive director of human resources and labor relations for the district, sit in the boardroom after a board Policy Committee meeting on Tuesday.

News Photo by Barbara Woodham Local fire departments were called to the scene of a barn fire on Wolf Creek Road in Herron Wednesday evening.

News Photo by Julie Riddle Thunder Bay Junior High School students reach the sidewalk along 3rd Avenue in Alpena after crossing Hobbs Drive/Bagley Street on Tuesday.

News Photo by Julie Riddle Onaway High School parent Erin Chaskey listens outside an administrative hallway in a still photo taken on Tuesday of a video recorded by a surveillance camera at the high school in October.

News Photo by Barbara Woodham Thunder Bay Junior High band plays at concert Tuesday.

News Photo by Barbara Woodham A Thunder Bay Junior High band plays during a concert on Tuesday.

News photo by Barbara Woodham Left, Isabella Grochowski, plays the clarinet, Lucy Buchinger sitting and practicing the french horn.

News Photo by Steve Schulwitz Alpena Water Production Plant Supervisor Mike Collins shows off what is left to the fluoride powder that is left at the plant. It is expected the bags will only last through January. A shortage of the dry form of sodium fluorosilicateride has forced the city to consider transitioning to hydrofluorosilicic acid, which is more hazardous and expensive, or removing the mineral from the water altogether.

News Photo by Steve Schulwitz Tom Ludwiczak throws a wreath into the Thunder Bay River to honor the men and women who died during the attack at Pearl Harbor at a memorial service on Tuesday. The attack killed more than 2,000 people and injured another 1,000. The attack occurred 80 years ago and drew the United States into World War II.

News Photo by Julie Riddle Former Onaway Area Community School District Superintendent Rod Fullerton draws a diagram of the Onaway High School office area during a hearing in the 89th District Court in Rogers City on Tuesday.

News File Photo Judge Maria Barton, left, listens as Deputy David Schmoldt of the Presque Isle County Sheriff’s Office testifies in the 89th District Court in Rogers City in this December 2021 News archive photo.

News Photo by Julie Riddle Presque Isle County Prosecutor Ken Radzibon, right, speaks with Sgt. Darin Rabeau from the Presque Isle County Sheriff’s Office during a hearing for Onaway parent Erin Chaskey in the 89th District Court on Tuesday.

News Photo by Julie Riddle Onaway High School parent Erin Chaskey listens outside an administrative hallway in a still photo taken on Tuesday of a video recorded by a surveillance camera at the high school in October.

News File Photo Defense attorney Daren Wiseley, left, sits next to client Erin Chaskey as Presque Isle County Prosecutor Ken Radzibon questions a witness in a Rogers City courtroom in this News File Photo.

Courtesy Photo Grant the Giving Tuesday Golden Goose is ready to go to the nonprofit that raised the most on Giving Tuesday.

News Photo by Steve Schulwitz First Congregational United Church of Christ members, and other residents of Alpena, sing the popular Christmas song ‘Jingle Bells’ while Christmas caroling at Culligan Plaza on Sunday.

News Photo by Steve Schulwitz Caitlynn Shadbolt hugs her family’s Christmas tree after helping decorate it in their new home just days before the holiday in 2016. The tree was the only thing to be moved and set up in the house until after Christmas.

News Photo by Barbara Woodham Lee Fitzpatrick, Alpena Public Schools,director of communications, uses his employee badge to open the door at Ella White Elementary School.

News Photo by Julie Riddle Joshua Wirgau, right, appears virtually in court on Monday with defense attorney Rick Steiger, center.

News Photo by Julie Riddle Scott Henning appears in Alpena's 26th Circuit Court on Monday.