×

Local News

Huron Pines works to help ecosystem

ALPENA — Conservation nonprofit Huron Pines worked with more than 1,000 volunteers in 2023 to manage 194 different sites for native and non-native species, according to the 2023 annual report Huron Pines sent out. By the end of the year, the nonprofit found and collected 72 different ...

LOCAL SPORTS ROUNDUP: Hillman knocked out of playoffs

Hillman boys basketball took a tough loss in the Regional Semi-Final losing to Bellaire in Bellaire. Hillman lost 76-60 and trailed all game. Bellaire demonstrated great balance with three players in double figures as Hillman would play behind the entire game. The Tigers would dig an early ...

Bergman promotes federal small business loans

ALPENA — As Michigan continues to face an unseasonably snowless winter, U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet, urges small businesses impacted by a lack of snow to apply for federal loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration. Federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans are available ...

DNR gives Michiganders notes to prevent skunk encounters

As temperatures begin to rise and spring inches closer, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources reminds residents that skunks will be out for an early spring breeding season. According to the DNR, skunks are opportunistic eaters who will eat from garbage bins or bird feeders and may ...