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Mill seeks volunteers

HILLMAN - The Brush Creek Mill is seeking additional volunteers to help staff the gift shop. If you think you might be interested, we will work with you on scheduling. We would like to be open regularly for the community to visit the Mill, the museum, and the gift shop. Yet, it's always ...

Local fishing report

The Michigan Department of Natural REsources has released it weekly fishing report. In the area, fewer boats are taking to the lakes, but there is still some nice fish being caught. Northeast Lower Peninsula Alpena: Very little boat activity was observed over the past week. Anglers who ...

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown

ALPENA - If you are old enough that you can remember using a wall-mounted rotary phone, an Easy Bake Oven, and a manual clutch transmission, you will probably also recall, with joy, a syndicated comic strip that featured a round-headed kid who never won a baseball game, a bossy young ...

3rd Avenue resurfacing and DTE gas main repair

ALPENA - Beginning Monday, October 12, 2026, contractors will begin resurfacing work on Third Avenue, from Garden Street to Ripley Blvd. During this project there will be partial and full road closures. This project does include the adjustment of manholes and valve boxes. While 3rd Avenue is ...

Cowper Street spook yard grows out of a family tradition

ALPENA – The figures on Cowper Street do not wait for Halloween night. They have been set up for weeks, and Gary Blaski says the collection behind them has grown, piece by piece, to about $20,000. Blaski, who lives at 706 Cowper St., calls the yard the greatest Halloween spook display ...