LANSING - The State Emergency Operations Center is coordinating response efforts to severe weather impacting Michigan, causing rising water and threatening critical infrastructure across the state. Dam Safety Updates Dam safety engineers from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great ...
ALPENA — Chad Esch, director of Bannan Funeral Home, received the Gift of Life Michigan’s 2026 Funeral Professional Champion award. Dorrie Dils, the president and CEO of Gift of Life Michigan, said that the process of choosing a winner for the award involves looking through and comparing ...
ALPENA – On Tuesday, the City of Alpena was forced to begin depositing sewage into the Thunder Bay River due to the sewage plant inability to keep up with the influx of water and sewage intake. Because of this situation, the sewage was partially treated but not broken down to normal ...
ALPENA — At Tuesday’s Alpena County Finance, Ways, and Means committee meeting, Nick Modrzynski updated board members on the severity of flooding in the county. He told The News that the county is monitoring conditions and is prepared to evacuate residences if flooding worsens. At the ...
ALPENA — School bus routes across Northeast Michigan are being affected by flooding and collapsed roads caused by heavy rainfall and melting snow. Alpena Public Schools Superintendent Dave Rabbideau and Alcona Community Schools Superintendent Dan O’Connor said that bus routes have been ...