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AAA: Michigan gas prices climb back over $4

DEARBORN - Gas prices in Michigan are up 20 cents from a week ago. Michigan drivers are now paying an average of $4.15 per gallon for regular unleaded. This price is 11 cents more than this time last month and 99 cents more than this time last year. Motorists are paying an average of $62 ...

Alpena’s Big Brownie caught for the second time in 52 years

ALPENA— Alpena’s unicorn “Big Brownie” was caught for the second time in the history of the Brown Trout Festival on Monday, July 20. “It’s a pretty wild feeling,” Scott Wade, this year’s Big Brownie catcher said. “Just out there trying to catch walleye and we end up with a ...

Alpena County audit reports positive path forward, improvements

ALPENA — In the last two years, Alpena County’s finances have stabilized, according to its latest audit, despite years of large budget deficits and shrinking savings. At the Alpena County Finance, Ways, and Means committee meeting on July 14, Alpena County commissioners were told that ...

Busy times at the Marine Sanctuary

ALPENA - Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary is hosting several events in Alpena in collaboration with the United States Military, as hosting several events in the coming weeks. Below is a brief descrip[tion of each. Now - Friday,: Silent Swarm It is the 5th year that this collaborative, ...

Understanding Parkinson's: What causes it, how it's treated, and what you can do

ALPENA - Parkinson’s disease is the fastest-growing neurological disorder in the world, and most people have symptoms for at least a decade before they are finally diagnosed. Historically considered a disorder of movement (slow, stiff, tremor), the non-motor symptoms (irritable bowel syndrome, loss of smell, acting out dreams, anxiety, disrupted sleep, cognitive, sexual, urinary dysfunction) are now recognized as equally problematic. For much of northern Michigan, seeing a movement-disorder specialist often requires hours of travel, making educational opportunities like this uncommon. ...

Crane sentenced, Wardlaw enters plea deal

ALPENA — Violet Crane, 21, was sentenced to six months in jail and two years probation on Monday in the 26th Circuit Court in Alpena. Crane is charged with one count of unlawful driving away in a motor vehicle, which she pleaded guilty to on Feb. 2, The News previously reported. Crane ...