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Alcona Community Schools receives over $800,000 “Grow Your Own” grant

LINCOLN — Alcona Community Schools announced that they received $833,966 in grant funding from the Michigan Department of Education Grow Your Own Educator Development Grant on Tuesday in a press release. The grant is part of a statewide initiative that awarded approximately $70 million to 74 ...

Finance committee meets Tuesday

ALPENA — The Alpena County Finance, Ways, and Means Committee will meet on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. in the Howard Male Conference Room and by Zoom. A link to the online stream of the meeting and the agenda can be found on the county’s website. This meeting is open to the public and public ...

Catholic Central High School class ‘61, celebrates 65 years

ALPENA - Catholic Central High School class of 1961 will celebrate its 65 year class reunion on July 25 with a mass at St. Anne’s at 4 p.m. followed by a tour of the Boys and Girls Club building at 5:15 p.m. This building is what remains of the class’s old school building, the gym, and ...

Car show for Friends Together

ALPENA — Put on your favorite Hawaiian shirt and head out to the Walmart parking lot on July 16 from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. for a car show to help support a local charity. You can grab a hot dog meal for only $5 and the proceeds from the event go to Friends Together. For more information call ...

AAACU donates to cycling race

Alpena — Alpena Alcona Area Credit Union (AAACU) recently presented Trevor Holowaty with a check for $500 in sponsorship of the Thunder Bay Thriller Gravel Cycling Race. 100% of all proceeds for this race go directly to supporting the Rock CF Foundation’s mission to continue empowering ...