ALPENA — The Alpena County prosecutor Cynthia Muszynski.has reviewed the investigation conducted by the Michigan State Police involving an officer involved shooting in Alpena County in November and released the name of the suspect. The suspect was identified as 33-year-old Edward Fitzgerald ...

HARRISVILLE — Born on Christmas Day in 1925, Virginia Carol Rice, nee Mausolf, was the best gift for Joseph and Eva Mausolf, the fifth child of seven. Rice is now 100 years old. She has always used her middle name, Carol, and is known affectionately by family and friends as “Christmas ...

ALPENA — Rosa May-Heck, a resident of Alpena and immigrant from Germany, has kept a tradition of constructing a Christmas village in her living room since winning the pieces in a church raffle about six to seven years ago. May-Heck constructs her village and displays it on tables in her ...

ALPENA — Alpena County, the City of Alpena, and St. Vincent de Paul have reached a temporary agreement allowing the Alpena Community Emergency Warming Shelter to open on Christmas Eve. The three entities had previously met and agreed to open the shelter under St. Vincent de Paul’s ...