PETOSKEY — The Alpena High cross country teams ran well at the Petoskey Invitational on Saturday. Alpena’s girls placed second in the large school division behind host Petoskey. The top five in for Alpena were Emma Dickins in third place (20:39.8), Samantha Zolnierek in fifth place ...

ALPENA — Where an emergency happens and the manpower available to respond often dictates how long it takes for help to arrive and how many people show up to help, a News review of public safety resources in the region found. With declining numbers of police officers, firefighters, and ...

ALPENA — Alpena Township Supervisor Nathan Skibbe will introduce a letter to the board of trustees at Monday’s meeting seeking permission to open up talks and possible negotiations with possible partners pertaining to fire services. Two of the potential partners would be Alpena and Alpena ...

ALPENA — Researching family history may sound like a daunting task, but it can be fun and easy with the help of the FamilySearch Center in Alpena. Free family history classes began this month at the FamilySearch Center inside the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 411 Long Rapids ...

HARRISVILLE — Today, Alcona County will host its second annual Cuyler Park Old Timers baseball game, which will see players age 50 and older from all over Alcona County compete against each in an old school game of classic baseball. “We call it classic baseball meaning fast pitches, ...

ALPENA — The Michigan State Court of Appeals this week affirmed a lower court’s sentencing of Bruce M. Kinsey for entering a house without the owner’s permission and pushing them out of the way. On April 18, 2022 in 26th Circuit Court in Alpena County, Kinsey received a sentence of 24 ...