News Staff OSCODA — The Oscoda County Sheriff’s Office and the Michigan State Police are trying to locate a child who turned up missing in Comins Township. The sheriff’s office received the call about the missing child shortly after 8 a.m. Since that time, deputies and Michigan ...

Courtesy Photo Alpena Township Fire Chief Dave Robbins is on Monday awarded a certificate of appreciation by Lt. Col. Dustin Budd, operations director, at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center. The CRTC serves as a training site for the Latvian Air Force and other coalition forces as ...

Recent activity by law enforcement agencies in Northeast Michigan. This has been only lightly edited. ALCONA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE For the week of July 8-14 126 complaints were handled resulting in the following: Car/Deer: 8 Traffic/Traffic Stop: 26 Mental: 1 Animal Neglect: ...

Courtesy Photo by Carl Bartig Smoke pours out of the DPI plant caused by a fire at the facility. The fire was a result of bio-plant employees performing cutting operations above the clarifying tank and accidentally catching the sludge in the tank on fire. The Alpena Fire Department was ...

ALPENA — School districts have approved very conservative budgets for the upcoming school year as they await word from Lansing about how much state revenue they’ll receive. Every district and college had to budget carefully, since the Legislature is taking longer completing its budget ...

ALPENA — Mud swallowed William Houston’s foot as he climbed out of the boat onto the low bank of the Thunder Bay River. Tugging his boot free, he continued on with his mission of hauling a sodden log onto the bank. The log, which had been blocking traffic on the river minutes before, was ...

ALPENA —In the basement of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Alpena, little girls in princess tiaras indulged in vanilla ice cream loaded with sprinkles and chocolate sauce. Moms and grandmas chatted and watched their young charges revel in an afternoon just for them. “It just makes me feel ...

ALPENA — The first year of a contract between the Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District and Dean Transportation was a success, officials say. The ESD and Dean Transportation started a five-year contract in August after the district dropped its contract with the Thunder Bay ...

ALPENA — Chants of “close the camps” echoed through the air in Alpena during the lunchtime hours as members and supporters of People for Social Justice marched to call for the release of immigrant children in U.S. custody being detained in holding facilities. After the march ended at ...

HILLMAN — The Michigan Public Service Commission recently approved a three-year power purchase agreement between Consumers Energy and Hillman Power Co., although the future of the Northeast Michigan power plant remains uncertain. The agreement approved last week is an extension to an ...

News Photo by Julie Riddle Rookie sailors navigate the Thunder Bay River Friday after receiving a week of sailing lessons offered by the Alpena Youth Sailing Club. The young people, having worked hard learning knot-tying, boat parts, and sailing techniques, celebrated by playing a game of ...

News Photo by Julie Riddle Jansen Harte, 13, catches air at the Alpena skate park Friday. He and his friends, Evan Schee, 10, and Matthew Schee, 11, both of Alpena, were out for a day of summer fun, with fishing and possibly a trip to the beach on the day’s menu. The Schees, who live ...

ALPENA — A deep, insistent bark staccatoed from the front room of a tucked-away house across from a corn field. A dog’s narrow snout pressed against the glass of one window, white teeth flashing beneath intent eyes. “He’s a good dog,” Katrina Kramer, the dog’s owner, said. “I ...

ALPENA — Northern Michigan has its share of environmental concerns, and state Rep. Sue Allor, R-Wolverine, has advocated for more to be done to protect the Great Lakes and to get more assistance in the effort to clean up multiple contaminated sites in the 106th state House District. Earlier ...

By JULIE GOLDBERG News Staff Writer HILLMAN — Eight people could be looking for jobs after they were laid off Thursday by the Hillman Community Schools Board of Education as the district looks to overcome a budget shortfall caused mostly declining enrollment. A cook, an elementary ...

OSSINEKE — Sanborn Township has received a $220,000 Brownfield Redevelopment Grant to clean up and redevelop a former gas station so a new building for the U.S. Post Office and a deli can be constructed. The contaminated former gas station was located just north of Mr. Ed’s IGA on ...

ALPENA — The construction of the new terminal at Alpena County Regional Airport is on schedule, meaning the facility should be open before the end of the year. Officials also expect the nearly $12 million project should be completed within budget. Ryan Hall, a spokesman for RS&H, the ...

News Photo by Julie Riddle Workers remove debris early Thursday morning from several large trees that succumbed to Wednesday evening’s brief but strong storm. Winds blasting across Long Lake toppled trees in several locations north of Alpena, including these shown on Gutchess Road, flooding ...

Recent activity by law enforcement agencies in Northeast Michigan. This has been only lightly edited. PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE For the period of July 1-9 Deputies made 57 traffic stops, issuing 19 warnings and 38 citations. They received 74 complaints Aggravated ...

ALPENA — A call from a concerned resident about a possible oil leak into the Thunder Bay River on Wednesday led to a hurried search for the cause of the discharge and cleanup of the contaminant. The chemical, which was found to be gasoline, was flowing out of a storm drain near the 9th ...