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Alpena County voters to decide veteran’s services millage renewal

ALPENA – Alpena County voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to renew the property tax that pays for the county's Department of Veterans Affairs, an office its director says helped bring more than $40 million in veterans benefits and services into the county last year. The proposal would renew ...

Operation Christmas Child

OSSINEKE - The Harvest Community Church invites everyone and their friends to an Operation Christmas Child shoebox packing party on Nov 6th from 6:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. at 10555 US- 23, in Ossineke. Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan's Purse. Shoe boxes are collected and ...

Second lunch and learn on osteoporosis and bone density added

Due to popular demand, the Community Outreach Committee of the MyMichigan Health Foundation Development Council serving Alpena, has added a second presentation of Osteoporosis and Bone Density by Eric Cornish, M.D. The presentation will take place on Nov. 10, at noon in the Auditorium of ...

Voices of Alpena to promote local singing

ALPENA — Stephanie Bender, a resident of Alpena, has begun an effort to bring more singing opportunities for people who live in the community. Bender has a background in singing and has been living in Alpena for the last six years. She said it was difficult when she first moved here to find ...

Horton bound over on possession of methamphetamine charge

HARRISVILLE — Sabrina Horton, 23, was bound over on a charge of possession of methamphetamine after waiving her preliminary examination on Wednesday in the 81st District Court in Alcona. She was arrested for possession of methamphetamine on Sept. 18. Horton was found in possession of the ...

Team SkellaFit powerlifting earns 10 gold medals

ALPENA — Team SkellaFit Powerlifting continued its winning streak on Oct. 24, at Rochester Performance Gym’s Fall Classic, bringing home 10 first-place medals at the United Powerlifting Association-sanctioned meet while welcoming three new athletes to the team’s growing ...