ALPENA – On April 12, 1981, the first space shuttle lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. At the exact same time in Alpena, Ella White elementary school fourth grader Corey Brooker watched in anticipation as the shuttle launched, and his dreams took flight from there. When Artemis ...

ROGERS CITY — Gubernatorial candidate Mike Duggan, who is running as an independent, visited with leaders of Rogers City in a small gathering on Wednesday. Duggan was the mayor of Detroit from 2014 through 2025. He was born and raised in Detroit, and in that time, he witnessed the decay of ...

ALPENA - The Michigan State Police (MSP) “Purses with a Purpose” initiative began in 2019 and has become an annual event. The MSP Alpena Post is accepting new purses or handbags filled with comfort items to benefit Hope Shores Alliance. The purses and their contents will be distributed to ...

HARRISVILLE — The community is invited to hear Ric Mixter, historian, producer, author and diver, as he presents his newest program “Sole Survivor,” highlighting Great Lakes shipwrecks where only one or two crew members survived. Ric shares these incredible rescue stories, and recounts ...