ALPENA— The Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan (CFNEM) awarded a new round of Northeast Michigan Women’s Giving Circle (WGC) grants covering a four-county area that includes Alcona, Alpena, Montmorency, and Presque Isle Counties. The 28 new grants total $56,000 – the largest ...

ALPENA — U.S. News and World Report ranked Alpena High School in the top 18% of high schools in the state and in the top 25% nationally, according to a Wednesday press release from Alpena Public Schools. This occurs despite their ranking system changing to more heavily weighted speculative ...

ALPENA — Local health authorities say the public should rely on medical professionals, not politicians, for medical advice following U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary’s announcement on Monday regarding a possible link between acetaminophen and autism. HHS Secretary Robert F. ...

ALPENA — Last week, the Alpena County Youth and Recreation Committee allocated its final allotment of funds from the county-wide youth and recreation millage. The long-standing tax has supported many improvement projects to recreation facilities, helped keep sports registration costs low ...

ALPENA — The Michigan Brown Trout Festival is looking to fill key leadership roles. Mark Hulsey, Michigan Brown Trout Festival Board of Directors member, said without filling these roles, the festival can’t happen. Hulsey told The News that the festival needs to fill positions for the ...