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Corn farmers adapt to climate change

LANSING — As climate change strongly affects agriculture, rising temperatures are pushing corn farmers to adopt different management practices to protect their crop yields. “Climatologists forecast less frequent but more intense rain events, leading to increased likelihood of temporary ...

Congratulations Lyndsay

ALPENA - Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gibbs of Presque Isle are proud to announce the graduation of their daughter, Lyndsay Gibbs, from Clarkson College of Nursing. In April 2026, Lyndsay earned her Doctor of Education (EdD) in Healthcare Education and Leadership and her doctoral dissertation, ...

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 ...